Decadal trends in global pelagic ocean chlorophyll: A new assessment integrating multiple satellites, in situ data, and models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5921-5933

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

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

chlorophyll; models; remote sensing; trends

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHLOROPHYLL; DATA ASSIMILATION; DECADAL VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL OCEAN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWIFS; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84927615662     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010158     Document Type: Article

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