How well can radiance reflected from the ocean–atmosphere system be predicted from measurements at the sea surface?

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 33, 1996, Pages 6527-6543

  Gordon, Howard R ^a   Zhang, Tianming ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; RADIANCE; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTANCE; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 0030368838     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.006527     Document Type: Article

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