Pitfalls in atmospheric correction of ocean color imagery: How should aerosol optical properties be computed?: Comment

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 542-544

  Gordon, Howard R ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DUST; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION;

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0037455489     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.000542     Document Type: Article

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