Assessment of uncertainty in the ocean reflectance determined by three satellite ocean color sensors (MERIS, SeaWiFS and MODIS-A) at an offshore site in the Mediterranean Sea (BOUSSOLE project)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Antoine, David ^a   d'Ortenzio, Fabrizio ^a   Hooker, Stanford B ^b   Bécu, Guislain ^a,c,e   Gentili, Bernard ^a   Tailliez, Dominique ^a   Scott, Alec J ^a,d  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c ACRI ST   (France)

^d Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

^e GEMS Survey Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICS; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CALIBRATION; MERIS; MODIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEAN COLOR; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEAWIFS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 51749090633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004472     Document Type: Article

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