SeaWiFS-derived products in the Baltic Sea: Performance analysis of a simple atmospheric correction algorithm

Oceanologia

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 655-677

  Bulgarelli, Barbara ^a   Mélin, Frédéric ^a   Zibordi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric correction; Baltic Sea; Ocean colour; Radiative transfer; Remote sensing; SeaWiFS

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; OCEAN COLOR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWIFS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0842344577     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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