1 Submitted to Remote Sensing of Environment May 2000 Patterns of Seasonal Dynamics of Remotely Sensed Chlorophyll and Physical Environment in the Newfoundland Region Yakov D. Afanasyev 1 , Nikolay P. Nezlin 2 , and Andrey G. Kostianoy 2 1 Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada 2 P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, Russia Corresponding author: Yakov D. Afanasyev Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography Memorial University of Newfoundland, A1B 3X7, St. John's, Canada E-mail: yakov@physics.mun.ca