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Behrenfeld MJ, Westberry TK, Boss ES, O’Malley RT, Siegel DA, Wiggert JD, Franz BA, McClain CR, Feldman GC, Doney SC, Moore JK, Dall’Olmo G, Milligan AJ, Lima I, Mahowald
N (2009) Satellite-detected fluorescence reveals global physiology of ocean phytoplankton.
Biogeosciences 6:779–794
Gitelson A (1992) The peak near 700 nm on radiance spectra of algae and water: relationships of
its magnitude and position with chlorophyll concentration. Int J Remote Sens 13:3367–3373
Gower JFR, Borstad GA (1990) Mapping pf phytoplankton by solar-stimulated fluorescence using
an imaging spectrometer. Int J Remote Sens 11:313–320
Gower JFR, Doerffer R, Borstad GA (1999) Interpretation of the 685 nm peak in water-leaving
radiance spectra in terms of fluorescence, absorption and scattering, and its observation by
MERIS. Int J Remote Sens 9:1771–1786
Gower JFR, Brown L, Borstad G (2004) Observation of chlorophyll fluorescence in west coast
waters of Canada using the MODIS satellite sensor. Can J Remote Sens 30:17–25
Gower JFR, King S, Borstad G, Brown L (2005) Detection of intense plankton blooms using the
709 nm band of the MERIS imaging spectrometer. Int J Remote Sens 26:2005–2012
Gower JFR, Hu C, Borstad G, King S (2006) Ocean color satellites show extensive lines of floating
Sargassum in the Gulf of Mexico. IEEE Trans Geosci Remote Sens 44:3619–3625
Gower JFR, King S (2007a) Validation of chlorophyll fluorescence derived from MERIS on the
west coast of Canada. Int J Remote Sens 28:625–635
Gower JFR, King S (2007b) An Antarctic ice-related “superbloom” observed with the MERIS
satellite imager. Geophys Res Lett 34. doi:10.1029/2007GL029638
Gower JFR, King S, Borstad G, Brown L (2008a) The importance of a band at 709 nm for interpreting
water-leaving spectral radiance. Can J Remote Sens 34:287–295
Gower JFR, King SA, Goncalves P (2008b) Global monitoring of plankton blooms using MERIS
MCI. Int J Remote Sens 29:6209–6216
Gower JFR, King S (2011) Distribution of floating Sargassum in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic
Ocean mapped using MERIS. Int J Remote Sens 32:1917–1929
Morel A, Prieur L (1977) Analysis of variations in ocean color. Limnol Oceanogr 22:709–723
Moulin C, Gordon HR, Chomko RM, Banzon VF, Evans RH (2001) Atmospheric correction of
ocean color imagery through thick layers of Saharan dust. Geophys Res Lett 28:5–8
Singh RP, Prasad AK, Kayetha VK, Kafatos M (2008) Enhancement of oceanic parameters associated with dust storms using satellite data. J Geophys Res 113(C11008). doi:10.1019/
2008JC004815
Yacobi YZ, Gitelson A, Mayo M (1995) Remote sensing of chlorophyll in Lake Kinneret using high
spectra resolution radiometer and Landsat TM: spectral features of reflectance and algorithm
development. J Plankton Res 17:2155–2173
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Behrenfeld MJ, Westberry TK, Boss ES, O’Malley RT, Siegel DA, Wiggert JD, Franz BA, McClain CR, Feldman GC, Doney SC, Moore JK, Dall’Olmo G, Milligan AJ, Lima I, Mahowald
N (2009) Satellite-detected fluorescence reveals global physiology of ocean phytoplankton.
Biogeosciences 6:779–794
Gitelson A (1992) The peak near 700 nm on radiance spectra of algae and water: relationships of
its magnitude and position with chlorophyll concentration. Int J Remote Sens 13:3367–3373
Gower JFR, Borstad GA (1990) Mapping pf phytoplankton by solar-stimulated fluorescence using
an imaging spectrometer. Int J Remote Sens 11:313–320
Gower JFR, Doerffer R, Borstad GA (1999) Interpretation of the 685 nm peak in water-leaving
radiance spectra in terms of fluorescence, absorption and scattering, and its observation by
MERIS. Int J Remote Sens 9:1771–1786
Gower JFR, Brown L, Borstad G (2004) Observation of chlorophyll fluorescence in west coast
waters of Canada using the MODIS satellite sensor. Can J Remote Sens 30:17–25
Gower JFR, King S, Borstad G, Brown L (2005) Detection of intense plankton blooms using the
709 nm band of the MERIS imaging spectrometer. Int J Remote Sens 26:2005–2012
Gower JFR, Hu C, Borstad G, King S (2006) Ocean color satellites show extensive lines of floating
Sargassum in the Gulf of Mexico. IEEE Trans Geosci Remote Sens 44:3619–3625
Gower JFR, King S (2007a) Validation of chlorophyll fluorescence derived from MERIS on the
west coast of Canada. Int J Remote Sens 28:625–635
Gower JFR, King S (2007b) An Antarctic ice-related “superbloom” observed with the MERIS
satellite imager. Geophys Res Lett 34. doi:10.1029/2007GL029638
Gower JFR, King S, Borstad G, Brown L (2008a) The importance of a band at 709 nm for interpreting
water-leaving spectral radiance. Can J Remote Sens 34:287–295
Gower JFR, King SA, Goncalves P (2008b) Global monitoring of plankton blooms using MERIS
MCI. Int J Remote Sens 29:6209–6216
Gower JFR, King S (2011) Distribution of floating Sargassum in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic
Ocean mapped using MERIS. Int J Remote Sens 32:1917–1929
Morel A, Prieur L (1977) Analysis of variations in ocean color. Limnol Oceanogr 22:709–723
Moulin C, Gordon HR, Chomko RM, Banzon VF, Evans RH (2001) Atmospheric correction of
ocean color imagery through thick layers of Saharan dust. Geophys Res Lett 28:5–8
Singh RP, Prasad AK, Kayetha VK, Kafatos M (2008) Enhancement of oceanic parameters associated with dust storms using satellite data. J Geophys Res 113(C11008). doi:10.1019/
2008JC004815
Yacobi YZ, Gitelson A, Mayo M (1995) Remote sensing of chlorophyll in Lake Kinneret using high
spectra resolution radiometer and Landsat TM: spectral features of reflectance and algorithm
development. J Plankton Res 17:2155–2173