Green macroalgae blooms in the Yellow Sea during the spring and summer of 2008

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Shi, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Menghua ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONES; EUTROPHICATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE WATERS;

AREAL COVERAGE; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION ALGORITHM; COASTAL REGIONS; ENTEROMORPHA PROLIFERA; MACRO-ALGAE; MAXIMUM VALUES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCES; OCEAN SURFACES; OCEAN WATER; OLYMPICS; OPTICAL FEATURES; OPTICAL SIGNATURES; OPTICAL SPECTRA; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; QINGDAO; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SHORT WAVE INFRARED; VISIBLE BAND; YELLOW SEA;

BLOOMS (METAL);

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ALGAL BLOOM; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; GREEN ALGA; MACROALGA; MODIS; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

ALGAE; ULVA PROLIFERA;

EID: 77949393270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005513     Document Type: Article

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