How precise are SeaWiFS ocean color estimates? Implications of digitization-noise errors

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 239-249

  Hu, Chuanmin ^a   Carder, Kendall L ^a   Muller Karger, Frank E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric correction; Chlorophyll concentration; CZCS; Digitization noise; MODIS; Ocean color; SeaWiFS; Water leaving radiance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CHLOROPHYLL; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; WATER;

PIXELIZATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

OCEAN COLOR; PRECISION; SEAWIFS;

EID: 0035038454     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(00)00206-6     Document Type: Article

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