Surface Chlorophyll (May 1999)

Surface Chlorophyll (May 1999)

2011 REU: Remote sensing, ocean biogeochemistry, and marine primary productivity

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Surface Chlorophyll from the SeaWiFS satellite sensor for May 1999. Higher chlorophyll concentrations are seen in coastal upwelling and shelf regions, near islands, and in the high-latitude North Atlantic. Low chlorophyll concentrations are found in the mid-ocean gyres.

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Sea WiFS