Water quality monitoring in Basque coastal areas using local chlorophyll- a algorithm and MERIS images

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Novoa, Stefani ^a   Chust, Guillem ^a   Froidefond, Jean M ^b   Petus, Caroline ^a   Franco, Javier ^a   Orive, Emma ^c   Seoane, Sergio ^c   Borja, Angel ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; bio optical algorithms; chlorophyll a; coastal waters; quality assessment

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EUTROPHICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE WATERS; SURVEYS; WATER QUALITY;

BAY OF BISCAY; BIO-OPTICAL ALGORITHMS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATERS; QUALITY ASSESSMENT;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84891798630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.6.063519     Document Type: Article

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