Evaluation of sun glint models using MODIS measurements

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 492-506

  Zhang, Hao ^a,b   Wang, Menghua ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Atmospheric and ocean optics; Satellite remote sensing; Sun glint

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEAN OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; COMPARISON STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS IMAGERY; NEAR INFRA RED; OPEN OCEAN; SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SHORT WAVE INFRARED; SUN GLINT; SUN GLITTER; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; TOTAL REFLECTANCE; WIND DIRECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERICS; INFRARED DEVICES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETERS; SUN;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CORRELATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED IMAGERY; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN COLOR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 70849130051     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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