@Article{MolleriKampMora:2010:SpClWa,
               author = "Molleri, Gustavo Souto Fontes and Kampel, Milton and Moraes Novo, 
                         Evlyn M{\'a}rcia Le{\~a}o de",
          affiliation = "{} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and 
                         {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Spectral classification of water masses under the influence of the 
                         Amazon River plume",
              journal = "Acta Oceanologica Sinica",
                 year = "2010",
               volume = "29",
               number = "3",
                pages = "1--8",
             keywords = "ocean color remote sensing - amazon river plume - spectral 
                         behavior - cluster analysis.",
             abstract = "The large amount of dissolved and particulate material discharged 
                         by the Amazon River into the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean cause 
                         distinct spectral response of its waters as compared to the nearby 
                         ocean waters. This paper shows the application of K-means 
                         clustering algorithm for classifying water masses in the region 
                         under the Amazon River plume influence according to their spectral 
                         behavior. Salinity and temperature data from 67 oceanographic 
                         stations were related to Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor 
                         (SeaWiFS) remote sensing reflectances values and the following 
                         bio-optical products: (i) chlorophyll-a concentration, (ii) water 
                         attenuation coefficient and (iii) absorption coefficient for 
                         dissolved and detrital material. Four different water masses were 
                         identified such as: (1) oceanic water, (2) intermediate oceanic 
                         water, (3) intermediate river plume water and (4) Amazon River 
                         plume water. The spectral behavior of these water masses allowed 
                         concluding that the main active optical component of the waters in 
                         the region is the colored dissolved organic matter originated 
                         mostly from the Amazon River.",
                  doi = "10.1007/s13131-010-0031-1",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13131-010-0031-1",
                 issn = "0253-505X",
                label = "lattes: 3996884961845110 1 MolleriKampMora:2010:SpClWa",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "Spectral classification of water masses under.pdf",
                  url = "http://www.springerlink.com/content/1372179814375147/",
        urlaccessdate = "11 maio 2024"
}