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09 Apr 2013
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From the chlorophyll a in the surface layer to its vertical profile: a Greenland Sea relationship for satellite applications
A. Cherkasheva
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
E.-M. Nöthig
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
E. Bauerfeind
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
C. Melsheimer
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
A. Bracher
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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