Role of measurement uncertainties in observed variability in the spectral backscattering ratio: A case study in mineral-rich coastal waters

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4663-4675

  McKee, David ^a   Chami, Malik ^b   Brown, Ian ^a   Calzado, Violeta Sanjuan ^c   Doxaran, David ^b   Cunningham, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

BACKSCATTERING MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER SIMULATIONS; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SPECTRAL BACKSCATTERING; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCES; SPECTRAL VARIABILITY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70249110786     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.004663     Document Type: Article

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