The assessment of optimal MERIS ocean colour products in the shelf waters of the KwaZulu-Natal Bight, South Africa

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 137, Issue , 2013, Pages 124-138

  Smith, Marié E ^a   Bernard, Stewart ^a,b   O'Donoghue, Sean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CENTRE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

3rd reprocessing; Case2 regional processor; KwaZulu Natal Bight; MERIS; Ocean colour; Remote sensing; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CASE2 REGIONAL PROCESSOR; KWAZULU-NATAL; MERIS; OCEAN-COLOUR; SOUTH AFRICA;

REMOTE SENSING; SOILS;

OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHM; CHLOROPHYLL A; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MERIS; OCEAN COLOR; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; REMOTE SENSING;

AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84880425180     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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