Climate-driven chlorophyll-a changes in a turbid estuary: Observations from satellites and implications for management

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 130, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-24

  Le, Chengfeng ^a   Hu, Chuanmin ^a   English, David ^a   Cannizzaro, Jennifer ^a   Kovach, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Climate variability; Decision matrix; MODIS; SeaWiFS; Tampa Bay; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DECISION MATRICES; MODIS; SEAWIFS; TAMPA BAY;

ALGORITHMS; BAND STRUCTURE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; DECISION MAKING; ESTUARIES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TURBIDITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

ALGORITHM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ESTUARINE FRONT; LA NINA; MODIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWIFS; SENSOR; TIME SERIES; TURBIDITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

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

EID: 84870671841     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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