Interannual variation in phytoplankton primary production at a global scale

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-19

  Rousseaux, Cecile S ^a,b   Gregg, Watson W ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical models; Chl a; MODIS; Phytoplankton composition; Primary production; Remote sensing; Seawifs

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; CHL-A; MODIS; PHYTOPLANKTON COMPOSITION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAWIFS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; NASA; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; ALGAE; CLIMATE CHANGE;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 84893373675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6010001     Document Type: Article

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