Satellite-derived photic depth on the Great Barrier Reef: Spatio-temporal patterns of water clarity

Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3781-3795

  Weeks, Scarla ^a   Werdell, P Jeremy ^b   Schaffelke, Britta ^c   Canto, Marites ^a   Lee, Zhongping ^d   Wilding, John G ^b   Feldman, Gene C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical processes; Great Barrier Reef; Photic depth; Satellite; Secchi depth; Spatio temporal patterns; Water clarity

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICAL PROCESS; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PHOTIC DEPTH; SECCHI DEPTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; WATER CLARITY;

ALGORITHMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; REEFS; TRANSPARENCY; WATER QUALITY;

SATELLITES;

EID: 84872300348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs4123781     Document Type: Article

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