Assessment of remotely-sensed sea-surface temperature and chlorophyll-a concentration in San Matías Gulf (Patagonia, Argentina)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-171

  Williams, Gabriela N ^a,d   Dogliotti, A I ^b,d   Zaidman, P ^c,d   Solis, M ^a,d   Narvarte, M A ^c,d   Gonzalez R C ^c,d   Esteves, J L ^a,d   Gagliardini, D A ^a,b,d  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Biología Marina y Pesquera Almirante Storni IBMPAS UNCo   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; In situ data; MODIS; San Mat as Gulf; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; MODIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; PATAGONIA; SAN MATIAS GULF;

EID: 84872681459     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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