Specific absorption coefficient of phytoplankton off the Southwest coast of the Iberian Peninsula: A contribution to algorithm development for ocean colour remote sensing

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-132

  Costa Goela, Priscila ^a,b   Icely, John ^a,b   Cristina, Sónia ^a,b   Newton, Alice ^c,d   Moore, Gerald ^e   Cordeiro, Clara ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b Sagremarisco   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e BioOptika   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bio optical algorithms; Phytoplankton absorption coefficient; Phytoplankton size structure; SW Portugal; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; ALGORITHM; COASTAL ZONE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SITE INVESTIGATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; UPWELLING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL;

ALGAE;

EID: 84871407429     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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