Systematic errors inherent in the current modeling of the reflected downward flux term used by remote sensing models

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2369-2383

  Turner, David S ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

FAST FORWARD MODEL ERROR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SATELLITE DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; SPECTRAL INTEGRATION;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

EID: 2342526582     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.002369     Document Type: Article

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