The need for more effective environmental monitoring of the open and coastal ocean has
recently led to notable advances in satellite ocean color technology and algorithm research …

Satellite ocean color and surface salinity data are used to characterize the space–time
variability of the Río de la Plata plume. River outflow and satellite wind data are also used to …

Coastal waters have high ecological and economic relevance and are globally threatened
by intense human activities leading to eutrophication. The decameter resolution of Sentinel …

The coastal and oceanic waters around the South American coasts provide rich foraging
grounds for breeding and wintering seabirds, but there is growing concern that climate …

We have studied the seasonal variability of four turbid river plumes along the central Chilean
coast using daily, high-resolution images of surface turbidity from MODIS (Moderate …

The continental shelf of the South Brazilian Bight (Lat 23–28.5° S) is subject to bottom
intrusions of the oceanic and nutrient-rich South Atlantic Central Waters (SACW) in summer …

In the shallow microtidal Patos Lagoon estuary, southern Brazil (32° 07′ S–52° 06′ W),
chlorophyll a (Chl a) variability was studied at different time scales during the last 25 years …

Marine ecosystems are under the increasing stress of natural and anthropogenic climate
variability and change. Knowledge of the patterns of distribution of chlorophyll …

Abstract During the “El Niño”-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) event 2009–2010, trophic state
uni (TSI's) and multimetric (TRIX's) indexes were determined in the north coast of the Río de …

The Mar del Plata Canyon is located at the continental margin off northern Argentina in a key
intermediate and deep-water oceanographic setting. In this region, strong contour currents …