BOUSSOLE: A joint CNRS-INSU, ESA, CNES, and NASA ocean color calibration and validation activity

NASA Technical Memorandum

Volumn , Issue 212747, 2006, Pages 1-59

  Antoine, David ^a   Chami, Malik ^a   Claustre, Hervé ^a   d'Ortenzio, Fabrizio ^a   Morel, André ^a   Bécu, Guislain ^a   Gentili, Bernard ^a   Louis, Francis ^a   Ras, Joséphine ^a   Roussier, Emmanuel ^a   Scott, Alec J ^a   Tailliez, Dominique ^a   Hooker, Stanford B ^b   Guevel, Pierre ^c   Desté, Jean François ^c   Dempsey, Cyril ^d   Adams, Darrell ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c ACRI ST   (France)

^d Satlantic Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; MERIS; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR; OPTICAL PROPERTY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE MISSION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 34248569989     PISSN: 04999320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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