Retrieval of atmospheric optical parameters from airborne flux measurements: Application to the atmospheric correction of imagery

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 662-674

  O'neill N T ^a   Royer, A ^a   Xu, Q F ^a   Teillet, P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Airborne; Asymmetry factor; Atmospheric corrections; Irradiance inversions; Multialtitude; Optical depth; Single scattering albedo; Thin film

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; IRRADIANCE; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 0031454324     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.000662     Document Type: Article

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