Seasonal to interannual phytoplankton response to physical processes in the Mediterranean Sea from satellite observations

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 117, Issue , 2012, Pages 223-235

  Volpe, Gianluca ^a,b   Nardelli, Bruno Buongiorno ^a,c   Cipollini, Paolo ^b   Santoleri, Rosalia ^a   Robinson, Ian S ^b  

^a Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e Del Clima   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

EOF; Mediterranean Sea; Phytoplankton; Satellite observations; Sea level; Space time variability; SST

Indexed keywords

EOF; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPACE-TIME VARIABILITY; SST;

ALGAE CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES;

ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84855469886     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.09.020     Document Type: Article

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