SIMBAD: A field radiometer for satellite ocean-color validation

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 4055-4069

  Deschamps, Pierre Yves ^a   Fougnie, Bertrand ^b   Frouin, Robert ^c   Lecomte, Pierre ^a   Verwaerde, Christian ^a  

^a Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COLOR; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SATELLITES; SUN;

OCEAN-COLOR VARIABLES; SATELLITE COLOR; SPECTRAL BANDS; VERTICAL POLARIZERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 3142757068     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.004055     Document Type: Article

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