An approach to developing numeric water quality criteria for coastal waters using the SeaWiFS satellite data record

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 916-922

  Schaeffer, Blake A ^a   Hagy, James D ^a   Conmy, Robyn N ^a   Lehrter, John C ^a   Stumpf, Richard P ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATERS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; FIELD SAMPLING; FLORIDA; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; NUTRIENT CRITERIA; NUTRIENT LOADS; PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIONS; REFERENCE CONDITION APPROACHES; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SEAWIFS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA; WATER QUALITY STANDARD;

BAND STRUCTURE; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; WATER QUALITY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

CHLOROPHYLL A;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; REMOTE SENSING; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES; WATER STANDARD;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; OCEANS AND SEAS; SPACECRAFT; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855926224     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2014105     Document Type: Article

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