Does AVHRR-sea surface temperature fronts in the beaufort sea reveal biological hotspots?

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3696-3699

  Mustapha, Sélima Ben ^a   Larouche, Pierre ^b   Dubois, Jean Marie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Beaufort sea; Biological hotspots; Front; Satellite imagery; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

ARCTIC; BEAUFORT SEA; FRONT; HOTSPOTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650895834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5651158     Document Type: Conference Paper

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