Eutrophication and cyanobacterial blooms in South African inland waters: 10years of MERIS observations

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 155, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-177

  Matthews, Mark William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Cyanobacteria; Eutrophication; Inland waters; MERIS; MPH algorithm; Remote sensing; South Africa

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING;

CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIA; INLAND WATERS; MERIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EUTROPHICATION;

ALGORITHM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; DATA SET; EUTROPHICATION; HYPERTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; MERIS; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER QUALITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84909638320     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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