Correction of atmospheric effect on ADEOS/OCTS ocean color data: Algorithm description and evaluation of its performance

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 417-430

  Fukushima, Hajime ^a,b   Higurashi, Akiko ^c   Mitomi, Yasushi ^d   Nakajima, Teruyuki ^e   Noguchi, Toshimitsu ^f   Tanaka, Toshio ^g   Toratani, Mitsuhiro ^a,b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Natl Inst for Environ Studies ^*  (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d Remote Sensing Technology Cent of   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^g NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADEOS satellite; Aerosol; Atmospheric correction; Chlorophyll a; Phytoplankton pigment; Radiative transfer simulation; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ADEOS; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; COLORIMETRY; DATA PROCESSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEAWATER;

EID: 0032465910     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02742444     Document Type: Article

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