Evaluation of the VIIRS ocean color monitoring performance in coastal regions

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 139, Issue , 2013, Pages 398-414

  Hlaing, Soe ^a   Harmel, Tristan ^b   Gilerson, Alexander ^a   Foster, Robert ^a   Weidemann, Alan ^c   Arnone, Robert ^d   Wang, Menghua ^e   Ahmed, Samir ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

AERONET OC; Aerosol optical thickness; Angstrom coefficient; Atmospheric correction; Coastal waters; MODIS; Ocean color radiometry; Satellite; SeaPRISM; Validation; VIIRS; Water leaving radiance

Indexed keywords

AERONET-OC; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; ANGSTROM COEFFICIENT; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; COASTAL WATERS; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR; SEAPRISM; VALIDATION; VIIRS; WATER-LEAVING RADIANCES;

CALIBRATION; COLOR; NASA; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CALIBRATION; COASTAL WATER; DATA SET; MODIS; MONITORING SYSTEM; OCEAN COLOR; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LONG ISLAND SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884232197     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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