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Fig. 2.14 The time series of total signal in the area 24–31
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Mozambique Channel, southwest of Madagascar
Fig. 2.15 MCI image (with spectra) of the slick pattern off Madagascar, 25 January 2009. The imaged area is about 500 km across, centred at about 26
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◦ E. Cloud and land (upper right) and sun
glint (lower right) are masked to black. Marine vegetation along the coast gives high MCI signal
at upper right. The bloom spectrum is shown at top right in the same format as Figs. 2.8 and 2.9