Uncertainties in remote sensing reflectance from MODIS-terra

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 432-436

  Mélin, Frédéric ^a   Zibordi, Giuseppe ^a   Berthon, Jean François ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); ocean color; remote sensing reflectance R RS; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; ENGLISH CHANNEL; FIXED SITE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; OCEAN COLOR; REMOTE SENSING REFLECTANCE R RS; REMOTE-SENSING REFLECTANCE; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION ANALYSIS; VALIDATION RESULTS;

REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 84858078438     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2011.2170659     Document Type: Article

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