Evaluation of cyanobacteria cell count detection derived from MERIS imagery across the eastern USA

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 157, Issue , 2015, Pages 24-34

  Lunetta, Ross S ^a   Schaeffer, Blake A ^b   Stumpf, Richard P ^c   Keith, Darryl ^d   Jacobs, Scott A ^e   Murphy, Mark S ^f  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d US EPA National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f Innovatel   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm validation; Cyanobacteria monitoring; Harmful algal blooms; MERIS; Sentinel 3; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CYTOLOGY; DATA INTEGRATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAKES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ALGORITHM VALIDATION; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MERIS; MONITORING CAPABILITIES; PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENTS; SENTINEL-3;

CELLS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALGAL BLOOM; ALGORITHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INLAND SEA; MERIS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOXICITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 85028154688     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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