Atmospheric correction of ocean color imagery: Test of the spectral optimization algorithm with the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 2973-2984

  Chomko, Roman M ^a   Gordon, Howard R ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; CHLOROPHYLL; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS; TURBIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBIDITY;

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0012602617     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.002973     Document Type: Article

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