An algorithm for oceanic front detection in chlorophyll and SST satellite imagery

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-326

  Belkin, Igor M ^a   O'Reilly, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Front detection; Frontal oceanography; Oceanic front; Remote sensing; Satellite imagery; SST

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM PERFORMANCE; FRONT DETECTION; FRONTAL OCEANOGRAPHY; GRADIENT APPROACH; MEDIAN FILTER; MESOSCALE; OCEANIC FRONT; OCEANIC FRONTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SHAPE-PRESERVING; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SST; THERMOHALINE;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PORPHYRINS; REMOTE SENSING; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALGORITHM; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEANIC FRONT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE;

EID: 69349099846     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.11.018     Document Type: Article

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