On the accuracy of SeaWiFS ocean color data products on the West Florida Shelf

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1257-1272

  Cannizzaro, Jennifer P ^a   Hu, Chuanmin ^a   Carder, Kendall L ^b   Kelble, Christopher R ^c   Melo, Nelson ^c,d   Johns, Elizabeth M ^c   Vargo, Gabriel A ^a   Heil, Cynthia A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

algorithm; atmospheric correction; bottom reflectance; chlorophyll a; colored dissolved organic matter; Gulf of Mexico; harmful algal blooms; SeaWiFS; suspended sediments

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGAL BLOOM; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; OCEAN COLOR; SATELLITE DATA; SEAWIFS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA SHELF; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84886297464     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00223.1     Document Type: Article

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