Remote sensing of the ocean contributions from ultraviolet to near-infrared using the shortwave infrared bands: Simulations

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1535-1547

  Wang, Menghua ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION ALGORITHMS; OCEAN NEAR SURFACE PROPERTIES; RADIANCE SPECTRA; SENSOR NOISE EQUIVALENT REFLECTANCE;

REMOTE SENSING;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION MONITORING; SEA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

INFRARED RAYS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION MONITORING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 34247464388     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.001535     Document Type: Article

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