Multispectral front maps for automatic detection of ocean colour features from SeaWiFS

Animations to accompany paper in International Journal of Remote Sensing (2004)

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Figure:2a Phytoplankton blooms at the UK Western Approaches - July 2000 Chlorophyll fronts from 14 Jul.-12 Aug. 2000 in UK Western Approaches. filesize: 1.0 MB This animation of chlorophyll fronts allows intuitive interpretation of the important biological processes: enhanced productivity along the tidal front between the Irish and Celtic Seas, and several large phytoplankton blooms near Ireland and Cornwall. The bloom south of Cornwall when sampled in situ showed extremely high concentrations (10,000 cells ml-1) of the dinoflagellate Gyrodinium aureolum.

 

FLI FLI.zip

Figure:2a Phytoplankton blooms at the UK Western Approaches - July 2000 Chlorophyll fronts from 14 Jul.-12 Aug. 2000 in UK Western Approaches. filesize: 1.0 MB This animation of chlorophyll fronts allows intuitive interpretation of the important biological processes: enhanced productivity along the tidal front between the Irish and Celtic Seas, and several large phytoplankton blooms near Ireland and Cornwall. The bloom south of Cornwall when sampled in situ showed extremely high concentrations (10,000 cells ml-1) of the dinoflagellate Gyrodinium aureolum.

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References

Miller, P.I. (2004) Multispectral front maps for automatic detection of ocean colour features from SeaWiFS, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25 (7-8), 1437-1442. doi:10.1080/01431160310001592409. Paper (PDF 2.9 MB)

Miller, P.I. (2009) Composite front maps for improved visibility of dynamic sea-surface features on cloudy SeaWiFS and AVHRR data. Journal of Marine Systems, 78(3), 327-336. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.11.019. Animations