Atmospheric correction of ocean-color sensors: Effects of the earth's curvature

Applied Optics

Volumn 33, Issue 30, 1994, Pages 7096-7106

  Ding, Kuiyuan ^a   Gordon, Howard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; COLOR; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS;

EARTH CURVATURE; SEAWIFS ALGORITHM;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CORRECTION; CURVATURE; OCEAN COLOUR; SEAWIFS;

EID: 0028595002     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.33.007096     Document Type: Article

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