Retrieval of water-leaving radiance and aerosol optical thickness over the oceans with seawifs: A preliminary algorithm

Applied Optics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 443-452

  Gordon, Howard R ^a   Wang, Menghua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; OCEAN; RADIANCE; SEAWIFS;

ALGORITHMS; COASTAL ZONES; COLOR; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SENSORS;

NEAR INFRARED; SEAWIFS SENSOR;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0028193336     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.33.000443     Document Type: Article

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