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Mapping a bloom of the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi from airborne thematic mapper (ATM) data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Carlos Garcia-Soto
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB. Department of Oceanography, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO9 5NH
Bablu Sinha
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB.
Robin D. Pingree
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB.

Extract

The fine-scale structure of a bloom of the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi has been mapped for the first time with an airborne thematic mapper (ATM) scanner (visible bands at 420–450 nm, 450–520 nm, 520–600 nm, 605–625 nm and 630–690 nm). The airborne results are in close agreement with simultaneous satellite observations from the visible band (580–680 nm) of the advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1996

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