Remote sensing of picophytoplankton distribution in the northern South China Sea

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 162-175

  Pan, Xiaoju ^a   Wong, George T F ^a,b   Ho, Tung Yuan ^a   Shiah, Fuh Kwo ^a   Liu, Hongbin ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

HPLC pigments; MODIS Aqua; Northern South China Sea; Phytoplankton composition; Picophytoplankton; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOMETERS; SPACE OPTICS; SPECTROMETERS;

HPLC PIGMENTS; MODIS-AQUA; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; PHYTOPLANKTON COMPOSITION; PICOPHYTOPLANKTON;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; AQUA (SATELLITE); BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DATA SET; DATABASE; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; GLOBAL OCEAN; MODIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SENSOR;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; LUZON; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN BANK; TAIWAN STRAIT; ZHUJIANG;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; ZEA;

EID: 84868480599     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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