ESA-MERIS 10-Year Mission Reveals Contrasting Phytoplankton Bloom Dynamics in Two Tropical Regions of Northern Australia

ESA-MERIS 10-Year Mission Reveals Contrasting Phytoplankton Bloom Dynamics in Two Tropical Regions of Northern Australia

The spatial and temporal variability of phytoplankton blooms was investigated in two tropical coastal regions of northern Australia using the MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) full mission (2002–2012) reduced resolution dataset. Satellite-derived proxies for phytoplankton (Chlorophyll-a...

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Main Authors: David Blondeau-Patissier, Thomas Schroeder, Vittorio E. Brando, Stefan W. Maier, Arnold G. Dekker, Stuart Phinn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-04-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
phytoplankton
spatio-temporal patterns
MERIS
FLH
MCI
Great Barrier Reef
Van Diemen Gulf
tropical waters
wet tropics
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/6/4/2963

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