The dissolved yellow substance and the shades of blue in the Mediterranean Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2625-2636

  Morel, A ^a   Gentili, B ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BLEACHING; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED MATTER; NSCAT; OCEAN COLOR; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE DATA; SEAWIFS; SIGNAL; VERTICAL MIXING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77954305116     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-2625-2009     Document Type: Article

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