Evaluation of ocean color and sea surface temperature sensors algorithms using in situ data: A case study of temporal and spatial variability on two northeast Atlantic seamounts

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mendonça, Ana P ^a   Martins, Ana M ^a   Figueiredo, Miguel P ^a   Bashmachnikov, Igor L ^a   Couto, Andre ^a   Lafon, Virginie M ^a   Aristegui, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Northeast Atlantic; ocean color; sea surface temperature; seamounts; temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BAND STRUCTURE; BLOOMS (METAL); RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; OCEAN COLOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEAMOUNTS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 80055054526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3328872     Document Type: Article

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