Satellite images suggest a new Sargassum source region in 2011

Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 764-773

  Gower, Jim ^a   Young, Erika ^b   King, Stephanie ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Sea This Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GULF OF MEXICO; LESSER ANTILLES; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORTH ATLANTIC; SATELLITE IMAGES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

RADIOMETERS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

GROWTH RATE; MERIS; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWEED; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

SARGASSUM;

EID: 84879322614     PISSN: 2150704X     EISSN: 21507058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2150704X.2013.796433     Document Type: Article

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