Estimating chlorophyll concentration in Lake Malawi from MODIS satellite imagery

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 13-16, 2009, Pages 755-760

  Chavula, Geoffrey ^a   Brezonik, Patrick ^b   Thenkabail, Prasad ^c   Johnson, Thomas ^d   Bauer, Marvin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Lake Malawi; MODIS; Reflectance; SEADAS

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; CHLOROPHYLL-A; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM; EARTH'S SURFACE; GROUND LEVEL; IN-SITU; LEVEL-1; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RADIANT ENERGY; REFLECTANCE; REFLECTANCE DATA; REFLECTANCE RATIO; SATELLITE SENSORS; SEADAS; SEAWIFS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES; TROPHIC STATE;

CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA PROCESSING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PORPHYRINS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; MODIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWIFS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 69349089549     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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