Validation of satellite ocean color primary products at optically complex coastal sites: Northern Adriatic Sea, Northern Baltic Proper and Gulf of Finland

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2574-2591

  Zibordi, Giuseppe ^a   Berthon, Jean François ^a   Mélin, Frédéric ^a   D'Alimonte, Davide ^b   Kaitala, Seppo ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ocean color; Radiometry; Validation

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL MODELS; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; BALTIC SEA; BIO-OPTICAL; CENTER WAVELENGTH; COASTAL SITES; COLORED DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GULF OF FINLAND; HELSINKI; IN-SITU DATA; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; OCEAN COLOR; OPTICAL MODELS; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR; SEAWIFS; SPACE SENSORS; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; VALIDATION; VICARIOUS CALIBRATION; WATER-LEAVING RADIANCES; WIDE-FIELD;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; BAND STRUCTURE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALIBRATION; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COLOR; DISSOLUTION; IMAGE SENSORS; LIGHTHOUSES; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR NETWORKS; SPACE OPTICS; SPECTROMETERS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TOWERS; WATER ANALYSIS;

RADIOMETERS;

AEROSOL; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; OCEAN COLOR; OPTICAL METHOD; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

ADRIATIC SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 70350011761     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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