The NIR-SWIR combined atmospheric correction approach for MODIS ocean color data processing

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 15722-15733

  Wang, Menghua ^a   Shi, Wei ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COASTAL ZONES; RADIOMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS); TURBID WATERS;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 36748999949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.015722     Document Type: Article

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