Satellite observations of the seasonal sediment plume in central East China Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 280-285

  Shi, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Menghua ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

East China Sea; Ocean color; Ocean turbidity; Remote sensing; Sediment plume

Indexed keywords

AREAL COVERAGE; CROSS-SHELF CIRCULATION; DIFFUSE ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; EAST CHINA SEA; ENHANCED SURFACE; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; OCEAN COLOR; OCEAN TURBIDITY; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA-SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALIES; SEDIMENT PLUMES; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMNS; WIND SPEED DATA; WINTER SEASONS; WORLD OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COLOR; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; TURBIDITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COLOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLUME; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; TURBIDITY; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMN; WAVELENGTH; WIND VELOCITY;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77955306220     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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