Detection of coccolithophore blooms in ocean color satellite imagery: A generalized approach for use with multiple sensors

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 117, Issue , 2012, Pages 249-263

  Moore, Timothy S ^a   Dowell, Mark D ^b   Franz, Bryan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Coccolithophores; Ocean color; Optical water types

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; COCCOLITHOPHORES; DATA SETS; DEFAULT ALGORITHMS; DETECTION LEVELS; IN-SITU; MERIS IMAGERY; MODIS-AQUA; MULTIPLE SENSORS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEAN COLOR; OCEAN-COLOR SATELLITES; OPTICAL WATER; REFLECTANCE DATA; SEAWIFS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGORITHMS; BAND STRUCTURE; BLOOMS (METAL); CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COLOR; DETECTORS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REFLECTION;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALGAL BLOOM; ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; COCCOLITH; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR; REFLECTANCE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE MISSION; SENSOR; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84855458370     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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