Vicarious calibration of satellite ocean color sensors at two coastal sites

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 798-810

  Mélin, Frédéric ^a   Zibordi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFRARED DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION SCHEMES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; OLIGOTROPHIC WATERS; SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR SENSORS; VICARIOUS CALIBRATION; WATER-LEAVING RADIANCES;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 76749146132     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.000798     Document Type: Article

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