Atmospheric correction of satellite ocean color imagery: The black pixel assumption

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 3582-3591

  Siegel, David A ^a   Wang, Menghua ^b   Maritorena, Stéphane ^a   Robinson, Wayne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; COASTAL ZONES; SATELLITES; SEAWATER;

IMAGERY;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0001332696     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.003582     Document Type: Article

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