Remote-sensing reflectance of turbid sediment-dominated waters. Reduction of sediment type variations and changing illumination conditions effects by use of reflectance ratios

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2623-2634

  Doxaran, David ^a   Froidefond, Jean Marie ^a   Castaing, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEDIMENTS;

REFLECTANCE RATIOS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0042383440     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.002623     Document Type: Article

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