Plumes of discolored water of volcanic origin and possible implications for algal communities. The case of the Home Reef eruption of 2006 (Tonga, Southwest Pacific Ocean)

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1341-1352

  Mantas, Vasco M ^a   Pereira, A J S C ^a   Morais, Paula V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Home Reef volcano; Ocean fertilization; Plumes of discolored water; Submarine volcanoes; Trichodesmium

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; COMBINED EFFECT; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; HOME REEF VOLCANO; LANDSAT-7 ETM+; OCEAN CHLOROPHYLL; OCEAN FERTILIZATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLUMES OF DISCOLORED WATER; SEA SURFACES; SENSING DATA; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; TRICHODESMIUM; VOLCANIC ORIGIN; VOLCANIC PLUME;

CHLOROPHYLL; RADIOMETERS; REEFS; SUBMARINES; VOLCANOES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ASTER; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); TONGA;

ALGAE; TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM SP.;

EID: 79953203481     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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