Chlorophyll, calcite, and suspended sediment concentrations in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea at the river mouths

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-69

  Prasad, Anup K ^a   Singh, Ramesh P ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Bay of Bengal; Chlorophyll; MODIS; Ocean color

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CALCITE; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER DATUM; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

RIVERS;

EID: 71649084806     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.07.027     Document Type: Article

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