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2004, Oceanography 17(2):24–31, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2004.44
Watercolors in the Coastal Zone: What Can We See?
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Authors
Oscar Schofield | Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Robert A. Arnone | Ocean Sciences Branch, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
W. Paul Bissett | Florida Environmental Research Laboratory, Tampa, FL, USA
Tommy D. Dickey | Ocean Physics Laboratory, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Curtiss O. Davis | Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
Zoe Finkel | Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Matthew Oliver | Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Mark A. Moline | Biological Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
First Paragraph
Hydrological optics has a rich history, playing a significant role in physical, chemical, and biological oceanography. The success over the last 30 years has provided oceanographers with a non-invasive means to study regional and global scale physical, chemical, and biological processes (Figure 1). The ability to map the color of the world's oceans has been used to estimate global ocean productivity (Longhurst et al., 1995; Platt and Sathyendranath, 1988; Sathyendranath et al., 1989; Behrenfeld and Falkowski, 1997), aid in understanding radiant heating processes (Ohlman et al., 2000), assist in delineating oceanic biotic provinces (Longhurst, 1998), and document regional shelf break frontal processes (Ryan et al., 1999a, 1999b). The scientific utility of mapping ocean color led to wide community support that has resulted in three generations of satellites launched by the United States, complemented by an international constellation of ocean color satellites from Europe, Japan, China, and India.
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Citation
Schofield, O., R.A. Arnone, W.P. Bissett, T.D. Dickey, C.O. Davis, Z. Finkel, M. Oliver, and M.A. Moline. 2004. Watercolors in the coastal zone: What can we see? Oceanography 17(2):24–31, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2004.44.