The IOCCG bibliography is updated periodically when new references are submitted by readers. Another useful ocean colour bibliography is the searchable Historic Ocean Colour Archive assembled by Marcel Wernand, with articles and books written between the 17th and early 20th century.
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Bibliography
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Banse, K., and English, D.C. (2000). Geographical differences in seasonality of CZCS-derived phytoplankton pigment in the Arabian Sea for 1978-1986. Deep-Sea Res. II, 47: 1623-1677.
Banse, K., McClain, C.R., Esaias, W.E. and Müller-Karger, F. (1988). Satellite-observed winter blooms of phytoplankton in the Arabian Sea. In: Marine Science of the Arabian Sea. Proceedings of an International Conference. M. F. Thompson and N. M. Tirmizi (Eds.), American Institute of Biological Science, Washington, D.C., 293-307.
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Barnes, B.B., C. Hu, C. Kovach, R.N. Silverstein (2015). Sediment plumes induced by the Port of Miami dredging: Analysis and interpretation using Landsat and MODIS data. Remote Sens. Environ., 170:328-339. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2015.09.023 [Full article]
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Barnes, R.A., and Zalewski, F. (2003). Reflectance-based calibration of SeaWiFS: II. Conversion to radiance. Appl. Optics., 42(9): 1648-1660.
Barnes, R.A., Eplee Jr., R.E., Biggar, S.F., Thome, K.J., Zalewski, E.F., Slater, P.N., and Holmes, A.W. (2000). SeaWiFS transfer-to-orbit experiment. Appl. Optics, 39: 5620-5631.
Barnes, R.A., Eplee Jr., R.E., Patt, F.S. and McClain, C.R. (1999). Changes in the Radiometric Sensitivity of SeaWiFS Determined from Lunar and Solar-Based Measurements. Appl. Optics, (38)21: 4649-4664.
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