The ESA Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer MERIS a review of the instrument and its mission

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1681-1702

  Rast, M ^a   Bezy J L ^a   Bruzzi, S ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPECTROMETERS;

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETER; OCEAN COLOR MONITOR;

REMOTE SENSING;

IMAGING METHOD; INSTRUMENTATION; MERIS; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 0345410964     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311699212416     Document Type: Article

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