Assessment of MODIS-Aqua chlorophyll-a algorithms in coastal and shelf waters of the eastern Arabian Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-26

  Tilstone, Gavin H ^a   Lotliker, Aneesh A ^b   Miller, Peter I ^a   Ashraf, P Muhamed ^c   Kumar, T Srinivasa ^b   Suresh, T ^d   Ragavan, B R ^e   Menon, Harilal B ^f  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES   (India)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^e MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f GOA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Case 2 waters; Chlorophyll a; Coastal; MODIS Aqua; Ocean colour

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AQUA (SATELLITE); BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TIME SERIES;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84880153697     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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