Anthropogenic pressure on the open ocean: The growth of ship traffic revealed by altimeter data analysis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 7924-7932

  Tournadre, J ^a  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

altimetry; anthropogenic pressure; pollution; ship traffic

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; AUTOMATION; ECOSYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLLUTION; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

ALTIMETER MISSIONS; ALTIMETRY; ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM; METHOD OF ANALYSIS; SHIP TRAFFIC; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TROPOSPHERIC NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

SHIPS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DATA SET; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLLUTION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OPEN OCEAN; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84923579214     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061786     Document Type: Article

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