Effects of stratospheric aerosols and thin cirrus clouds on the atmospheric correction of ocean color imagery: Simulations

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 682-697

  Gordon, Howard R ^a   Zhang, Tianming ^a   He, Fan ^a   Ding, Kuiyuan ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION ALGORITHM; CIRRUS; COLOUR; DATA PROCESSING; MODIS; OCEAN COLOUR; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE SENSING; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0031450796     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.000682     Document Type: Article

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