An improved algorithm for remotely sensing marine dissolved organic carbon: Climatology in the northern South China Sea shelf-sea and adjacent waters

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 131-142

  Pan, Xiaoju ^a   Wong, George T F ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colored dissolved organic matter; Dissolved organic carbon; Northern South China Sea; Remote sensing; Sea surface temperature; Shelf sea

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOACTIVITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; MIXING; ORGANIC CARBON; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

COLORED DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SHELF-SEA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; AQUA (SATELLITE); BIOACTIVITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER WATER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF SEA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIXING;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 84930923533     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.02.025     Document Type: Article

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