Estimation of diffuse attenuation of ultraviolet light in optically shallow Florida Keys waters from MODIS measurements

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 519-532

  Barnes, Brian B ^a   Hu, Chuanmin ^a   Cannizzaro, Jennifer P ^a   Craig, Susanne E ^b   Hallock, Pamela ^a   Jones, David L ^a   Lehrter, John C ^c   Melo, Nelson ^d,e   Schaeffer, Blake A ^c   Zepp, Richard ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration/Atlantic Oceanographic   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Light penetration; Remote sensing; Shallow water; Ultra violet light; Water clarity

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; LIGHT PENETRATION; SHALLOW WATERS; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; WATER CLARITY;

ECOSYSTEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REEFS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; WATER QUALITY;

RADIOMETERS;

BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; CORAL REEF; DNA; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MODIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WAVELENGTH;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886239439     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.09.024     Document Type: Article

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