The dispersal of the Amazon and Orinoco River water in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea: Observation from space and S-PALACE floats

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 10-11 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1151-1171

  Hu, Chuanmin ^a   Montgomery, Ellyn T ^b   Schmitt, Raymond W ^b   Muller Karger, Frank E ^a  

^a 12901 Bruce B D   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORED DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER (CDROM); SEA-SURFACE SALINITY;

CHLOROPHYLL; COLOR; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

RIVERS;

CHLOROPHYLL; DISPERSION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; OCEAN COLOR; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; SATELLITE DATA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); CARIBBEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 8844271751     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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