Multi-sensor satellite time series of optical properties and chlorophyll-a concentration in the Adriatic Sea

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-244

  Melin F ^a   Vantrepotte, V ^b   Clerici, M ^a   D'Alimonte, D ^c   Zibordi, G ^a   Berthon, J F ^a   Canuti, E ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES;

BIO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; EMPIRICAL ALGORITHMS; INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES (IOPS); MERGING TECHNIQUES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; WATER-LEAVING RADIANCES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ABAMECTIN; ALGORITHM; AMPLITUDE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MODIS; OPEN OCEAN; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATION BALANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRUM; TIME SERIES;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79251507366     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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