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Remote sensing of Trichodesmium spp. mats in the western tropical South Pacific
Guillaume Rousset
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IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), UMR ESPACE DEV, Nouméa, New Caledonia
Florian De Boissieu
Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), UMR TETIS, Montpellier, France
Christophe E. Menkes
IRD-Sorbonne Universités (UPMC, Université Paris 06)-CNRS-MNHN, Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Approches
Numériques (LOCEAN), IRD Nouméa BP A5, 98848 Nouméa CEDEX, New Caledonia
Jérôme Lefèvre
IRD Nouméa, Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), Nouméa, New Caledonia
Robert Frouin
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0224, USA
Martine Rodier
EIO (Ecosystèmes Insulaires Océaniens), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement-Université de la Polynésie
Française-Institut Malarmé-Ifremer, Papeete, French Polynesia
Vincent Ridoux
Observatoire Pelagis, UMS3462, Université de la Rochelle/CNRS, La Rochelle, France
Centre d'Etude de Chizé, UMR7273 – CNRS- Université de La Rochelle, 2 Rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000 La Rochelle, France
Sophie Laran
Observatoire Pelagis, UMS3462, Université de la Rochelle/CNRS, La Rochelle, France
Sophie Bonnet
Aix Marseille Université-CNRS-INSU, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), UM110, IRD Nouméa, BP A5, 98848
Nouméa CEDEX, New Caledonia
Cécile Dupouy
Aix Marseille Université-CNRS-INSU, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), UM110, IRD Nouméa, BP A5, 98848
Nouméa CEDEX, New Caledonia
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