Remote detection of Trichodesmium blooms in optically complex coastal waters: Examples with MODIS full-spectral data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2048-2058

  Hu, Chuanmin ^a   Cannizzaro, Jennifer ^a   Carder, Kendall L ^a,b   Muller Karger, Frank E ^a   Hardy, Robert ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria bloom; FAI; Hyperspectral; MERIS; MODIS; Remote sensing; Sargassum; Trichodesmium

Indexed keywords

BLOOM DYNAMICS; COASTAL LOCATIONS; COASTAL WATERS; CYANOBACTERIA BLOOMS; FAI; FLORIDA; GLOBAL OCEAN; HIGH-LOW; HYPERSPECTRAL; OPTICAL COMPLEXITY; RAYLEIGH; REFLECTANCE CHARACTERISTICS; REMOTE DETECTION; RESOLUTION IMAGERY; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTRAL DATA; TRICHODESMIUM;

ELECTRIC APPLIANCES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

BLOOMS (METAL);

ABSORPTION; ALGAL BLOOM; BACKSCATTER; COASTAL CURRENT; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE; GLOBAL OCEAN; INFRARED IMAGERY; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; RESUSPENSION; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA SHELF;

EID: 77954814964     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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