Validation study of the SeaWiFS oxygen A-band absorption correction: Comparing the retrieved cloud optical thicknesses from SeaWiFS measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 937-944

  Wang, Menghua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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EID: 0005682839     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.000937     Document Type: Article

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