Monitoring coral reefs from space

Oceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 118-133

  Eakin, C Mark ^a   Nim, Carl J ^a   Brainard, Russell E ^b   Aubrecht, Christoph ^c   Elvidge, Chris ^d   Gledhill, Dwight K ^a   Muller Karger, Frank ^e   Mumby, Peter J ^f   Skirving, William J ^g   Strong, Alan E ^a   Wang, Menghua ^h   Weeks, Scarla ^f   Wentz, Frank ⁱ   Ziskin, Daniel ^j  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g NOAA Coral Reef Watch   (Australia)

^h OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

ⁱ REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 78649697857     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2010.10     Document Type: Review

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