Nimbus-7 Coastal Zone Color Scanner: System Description and Initial Imagery
- 3 October 1980
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 210 (4465), 60-63
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.210.4465.60
Abstract
The Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) on Nimbus-7, launched in October 1978, is the only sensor in orbit that is specifically designed to study living marine resources. The initial imagery confirms that CZCS data can be processed to a level that reveals subtle variations in the concentration of phytoplankton pigments. This development has potential applications for the study of large-scale patchiness in phytoplankton distributions, the evolution of spring blooms, water mass boundaries, and mesoscale circulation patterns.Keywords
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