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Overleaf: The coastal zone color scanner on NIMBUS-7 measures visible radiance from the sea in several narrow bands. The data are processed into images that show variations in ocean color that are correlated with phytoplankton abundance. The original image uses reds and oranges for higher productivity zones, and shades of blue for zones of lower productivity. This reproduction of the original off the central California coast shows higher abundance near the coast and lower abundance offshore, separated by an oceanic front (north-south trending serpentine light gray pattern). The circles show the location and abundance of tuna catches, and demonstrates one operational use for these images. Figure courtesy of NASA JPL; original in color.
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Maul, G.A. (1985). Visible Remote Sensing. In: Introduction to satellite oceanography. Remote Sensing of Earth Resources and Environment, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5061-0_4
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