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Index
Surfactant films, 355, 358, 367
Suspended detritus, 135
Synthetic Aperture Radar, 75, 76, 78, 80–90,
92, 149, 151, 155–163, 204, 205, 209,
210–212, 223–225, 244, 249–259,
261–267, 271–276, 278–280, 283–297,
299–307, 309, 355–362, 364, 365, 367,
370–373, 375, 401, 406, 410
T
TanDEM-X, 284, 287, 288, 307
Tanzania coast, 47
Ternary plots, 135, 143, 146
Terra (Earth Observation Satellite), 58
TerraSAR-X, 283, 284, 287–289, 291–293,
295, 299–304, 307
Thermal infrared, 55–69, 99
Thermohaline circulation, 335, 351
Thutmosis, vii
Tidal current, 264, 265, 269, 280
TM (Thematic Mapper), see Landsat MSS,
TM, ETM
TOPEX/Poseidon, 76, 100, 171, 401, 406, 407
Total suspended matter, 379, 410
Tracking, 78, 110, 179, 197, 244, 283, 285
Trichodesmium, 42–44, 47, 50, 52
Tropical cyclone, 78
Flavio, 78
U
Upper mixed layer, 355, 360, 375
Upwelling, 56, 62, 65, 67, 69, 97–99, 101, 104,
113, 114, 116, 135, 136, 138, 143, 145,
146
filaments, 97, 99, 104, 113, 114, 116
V
Validation, 250, 258, 259
Valley of the Kings, vii
Vasco da Gama, viii
Vessel Monitoring System, 286
Vessel Tracking System, 286
VMS, see Vessel Monitoring System
VTS, see Vessel Tracking System
W
WaMoS II, 307
Water
constituents, 135–146
quality, 377, 379, 381, 383, 386, 391
Water-leaving radiance, 32, 35, 189, 192, 340,
386, 412
Wave
climate, 317
spectrum, 306
Wave/current interactions, 355, 356, 358, 359,
367
Wind
direction, 77, 80, 82–85, 209, 305, 306,
340, 345
field, 20, 75, 77–82, 85, 92, 217, 251, 283,
285, 288, 306, 335, 337, 344, 358, 359,
373
forcing, 338, 350, 375
jet, 75, 85, 92
speed, 76–78, 82–84, 119–125, 129–131,
208, 217, 251, 289, 305, 306, 308, 309,
335, 336, 339, 341, 344, 355, 356, 358,
359, 361, 362, 373, 375, 408
stress, 8, 10, 62, 89, 119, 121, 122, 126,
131, 205, 210, 250, 259, 262, 338
vector, 76–78, 82
Y
Yellow substance, 135, 136, 139, 146
Z
Zanzibar, island, 46, 321, 322