Evaluation of chlorophyll-a remote sensing algorithms for an optically complex estuary

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-89

  Le, Chengfeng ^a   Hu, Chuanmin ^a   Cannizzaro, Jennifer ^a   English, David ^a   Muller Karger, Frank ^a   Lee, Zhongping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Chlorophyll a; Estuary; MERIS; MODIS; Ocean color; Tampa Bay

Indexed keywords

CHESAPEAKE BAY; CHLOROPHYLL A; MERIS; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR; TAMPA BAY;

CHLOROPHYLL; ESTUARIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; WAVELENGTH;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MERIS; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; WAVELENGTH;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870228042     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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