Assessment of satellite ocean color products of MERIS, MODIS and SeaWiFS along the East China Coast (in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea)

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-151

  Cui, Tingwei ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Tang, Junwu ^b   Sathyendranath, Shubha ^c   Groom, Steve ^c   Ma, Yi ^a   Zhao, Wei ^b   Song, Qingjun ^b  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Algorithm; Comparison; Oceanography; Optical; Retrieval; Satellite

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; BAND STRUCTURE; COLOR; DATA PROCESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; COMPARISON; DIFFUSE ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OPTICAL; RETRIEVAL; SEA-VIEWING WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW SENSORS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; COASTAL WATER; DATA PROCESSING; OCEAN COLOR; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TURBIDITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84889673019     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2013.10.013     Document Type: Article

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