2 Satellite Water Colour Observations in African Seas
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Total MCI signal
Fig. 2.19 The time series of total signal along the south coast of South Africa from east of Cape
Town to East London, over the area 33–37
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Fig. 2.20 MERIS MCI images of blooms in the waters west of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, top
on 12 April 2004, bottom on 14 April 2008. In both cases, spectra show high peaks at 709 nm