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The world’s oceans and their resources are vast, and they are changing globally. Rapid growth in population and development is leading to large demands on marine resources and fast changes in the oceanic environment. Satellite remote sensing can provide the opportunity to study these dynamic processes of oceans on a global scale.

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Correspondence to DanLing (Lingzis) Tang .

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Tang, D.(., Levy, G. (2011). Introduction. In: Tang, D. (eds) Remote Sensing of the Changing Oceans. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16541-2_1

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