GhostNet marine debris survey in the Gulf of Alaska - Satellite guidance and aircraft observations

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 65, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 28-41

  Pichel, William G ^a   Veenstra, Timothy S ^b   Churnside, James H ^c   Arabini, Elena ^a,i   Friedman, Karen S ^a,j   Foley, David G ^d,e   Brainard, Russell E ^f   Kiefer, Dale ^g   Ogle, Simeon ^g,k   Clemente Colón, Pablo ^a,c   Li, Xiaofeng ^h  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b Airborne Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e NOAA SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^j SeaSpace Corporation   (United States)

^k Port of Portland   (United States)

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Author keywords

Eddy; GhostNet; Gulf of Alaska; Marine debris; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEYS; AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; CORAL REEF; DRIFTING BUOYS; EDDY; FISHING GEARS; FLIGHT PLANNING; GHOSTNET; GULF OF ALASKA; IR CAMERA; MANNED AIRCRAFT; MARINE DEBRIS; MARINE LIFE; OCEAN MODEL; REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE DATA;

FISHING VESSELS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVEYS;

DEBRIS;

BUOY SYSTEM; EDDY; FISHING GEAR; GHOST FISHING; LIDAR; MARINE POLLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLID WASTE; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE WATERS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

AIRCRAFT; ALASKA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SPACECRAFT; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84856061693     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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