Optimized extraction of daily bio-optical time series derived from MODIS/Aqua imagery for Lake Tanganyika, Africa

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 781-791

  Horion, S ^a   Bergamino, N ^b   Stenuite, S ^c   Descy, J P ^c   Plisnier, P D ^d   Loiselle, S A ^b   Cornet, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CSGI   (Italy)

^c Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bio optical algorithms; Lake Tanganyika; MODIS Aqua; Phytoplankton dynamics; SeaDAS process optimization

Indexed keywords

BIO-OPTICAL ALGORITHMS; LAKE TANGANYIKA; MODIS-AQUA; PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION;

ALGAE CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; MONITORING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; PROCESS CONTROL; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS; TIME SERIES;

LAKES;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; DATA SET; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR; OPTIMIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TIME SERIES;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TANGANYIKA;

EID: 75149112247     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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