Uncertainties of optical parameters and their propagations in an analytical ocean color inversion algorithm

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 369-381

  Lee, ZhongPing ^a   Arnone, Robert ^b   Hu, Chuanmin ^c   Werdell, P Jeremy ^d   Lubac, Bertrand ^a,b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CRACK PROPAGATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES (IOPS); QUASI-ANALYTICAL ALGORITHMS; REFERENCE WAVELENGTHS; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; REMOTE-SENSING REFLECTANCE; SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 76749087932     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.000369     Document Type: Article

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