Estimating suspended sediment concentrations from ocean colour measurements in moderately turbid waters; The impact of variable particle scattering properties

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-383

  Binding, C E ^a,b   Bowers, D G ^a   Mitchelson Jacob, E G ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ocean colour; Scattering; Suspended sediments

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IRRADIATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

OCEAN COLOR MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SCATTERING; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SINGLE-BAND REFLECTANCE;

REMOTE SENSING;

OCEAN COLOR; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 12344314529     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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