A new method to generate a high-resolution global distribution map of lake chlorophyll

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1942-1964

  Sayers, Michael J ^a   Grimm, Amanda G ^a   Shuchman, Robert A ^a   Deines, Andrew M ^c   Bunnell, David B ^b   Raymer, Zachary B ^a   Rogers, Mark W ^b   Woelmer, Whitney ^b   Bennion, David H ^b   Brooks, Colin N ^a   Whitley, Matthew A ^a   Warner, David M ^b   Mychek Londer, Justin ^d  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; NASA; WATER;

CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATION VALUES; FRESH WATER LAKES; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; LAKE PRODUCTIVITIES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

LAKES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CHLOROPHYLL A; LAKE WATER; MERIS; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84928473780     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2015.1029099     Document Type: Article

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