Airborne imagery of a disintegrating Sargassum drift line

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 316-321

  Marmorino, George O ^a   Miller, W D ^a   Smith, Geoffrey B ^a   Bowles, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida Current, USA.; Hyperspectral imagery; Infrared imagery; Rafting macroalgae; Remote sensing reflectance; Sargassum

Indexed keywords

FLORIDA CURRENT; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGERY; INFRARED IMAGERY; RAFTING MACROALGAE; REMOTE SENSING REFLECTANCE; SARGASSUM;

REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DISINTEGRATION;

AIRBORNE SENSING; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; FIELD METHOD; INFRARED IMAGERY; MACROALGA; REFLECTANCE; SEA SURFACE; WEED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA CURRENT;

SARGASSUM;

EID: 79951809471     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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