Method to derive ocean absorption coefficients from remote-sensing reflectance

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 453-462

  Lee, Z P ^a   Carder, K L ^a   Peacock, T G ^a   Davis, C O ^b   Mueller, J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse attenuation coefficients; Remote sensing reflectance; Simulation of pigment absorption coefficients

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000112870     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.000453     Document Type: Article

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