A comparison between local and global spaceborne chlorophyll indices in the St. Lawrence Estuary

Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3666-3688

  Montes Hugo, Martin A ^a   Fiorani, Luca ^b   Marullo, Salvatore ^b   Roy, Suzanne ^a   Gagné, Jean Pierre ^a   Borelli, Rodolfo ^b   Demers, Serge ^a   Palucci, Antonio ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CDOM; Chlorophyll; Detritus; Fluorescence; Ocean color; Phytoplankton; Saint lawrence estuary

Indexed keywords

CDOM; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; CHLOROPHYLL INDEX; CHROMOPHORIC DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; DETRITUS; FLUORESCENCE LINE HEIGHT; LAWRENCE ESTUARIES; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; OCEAN COLOR; RED FLUORESCENCE; REMOTE SENSING MODELS; SATELLITE SENSORS; SHIPBOARD MEASUREMENTS; SPACE-BORNE; SPECTRAL BAND; SPECTROFLUOROMETERS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; VISIBLE SPECTRA; WATER-LEAVING RADIANCES;

ESTUARIES; FLUORESCENCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING;

CHLOROPHYLL;

EID: 84872279529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs4123666     Document Type: Article

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