An analysis of diffuse light attenuation in the northern Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone using the SeaWiFS satellite data record

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3748-3757

  Schaeffer, Blake A ^a   Sinclair, Geoffrey A ^b   Lehrter, John C ^a   Murrell, Michael C ^a   Kurtz, Janis C ^a   Gould, Richard W ^c   Yates, Diane F ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Euphotic depth; Hypoxia; Light; Louisiana continental shelf; SeaWiFS

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; EUPHOTIC DEPTH; HYPOXIA; LOUISIANA; SEAWIFS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FORESTRY; LIGHT; LINEAR REGRESSION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; EUPHOTIC ZONE; LIGHT ATTENUATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PYCNOCLINE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE DATA; SEAWIFS; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; LOUISIANA SHELF; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81355148567     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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