Retrieval of the particle size distribution from satellite ocean color observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Kostadinov, T S ^a   Siegel, D A ^a   Maritorena, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BAND STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OCEAN CURRENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; POWER SPECTRUM; PRODUCTIVITY; SATELLITES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; BACKSCATTERING SPECTRA; BIO-OPTICAL ALGORITHMS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GLOBAL OCEAN; MICROPLANKTONS; NEW TOOLS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS; OLIGOTROPHIC REGIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARTICLE DYNAMICS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBERS; PARTICLE SIZE SPECTRA; PARTICLE VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PICOPLANKTON; POWER LAW; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR; SEA-VIEWING WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW SENSORS; SEAWIFS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME VARIATIONS; VOLUME CONCENTRATION; WATER-LEAVING RADIANCES;

PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GYRE; IMAGERY; MIE THEORY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE DATA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 72849143617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005303     Document Type: Article

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