Relationship between the Q factor and inherent optical properties: Relevance to ocean-colour inversion algorithms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Devred, E ^a,b   Sathyendranath, S ^c   Platt, T ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKSCATTERING; IRRADIATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETERIZATION; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING;

CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; OCEAN-COLOUR INVERSION ALGORITHM; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; OCEAN COLOR; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARAMETERIZATION; Q FACTOR; REMOTE SENSING; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 36549085581     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030764     Document Type: Article

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