Effects of ocean surface reflectance variation with solar elevation on normalized water-leaving radiance

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 4122-4128

  Wang, Menghua ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; IN SITU PROCESSING; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PHOTONS; SATELLITE LINKS; SOLAR RADIATION;

OCEAN SURFACE REFLECTANCE; SOLAR ELEVATION; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS; WATER LEAVING RADIANCE;

REFLECTION;

EID: 33746125279     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.004122     Document Type: Article

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