Validation of MERIS ocean-color products in the Bohai Sea: A case study for turbid coastal waters

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2326-2336

  Cui, Tingwei ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a,b   Groom, Steve ^c   Sun, Ling ^d,e   Smyth, Timothy ^c   Sathyendranath, Shubha ^c  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^e NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Bohai Sea; MERIS; Ocean color; Remote sensing; Validation

Indexed keywords

BAND RATIOS; BIO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES; BOHAI SEA; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL WATERS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU DATA; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; LOCAL DYNAMICS; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; OCEAN COLOR; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TERRESTRIAL INFLUENCE; WATER-LEAVING RADIANCES;

CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; COLOR; PORPHYRINS; REMOTE SENSING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; HETEROGENEITY; MERIS; OCEAN COLOR; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY;

BOHAI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 77955277100     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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