In situ validation of MERIS marine reflectance off the southwest Iberian Peninsula: Assessment of vicarious adjustment and corrections for near-land adjacency

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2347-2377

  Cristina, Sónia Cláudia Vitorino ^a,b   Moore, Gerald Francis ^c   Goela, Priscila Raquel Fernandes Costa ^a,b   Icely, John David ^a,d   Newton, Alice ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c BioOptika   (United Kingdom)

^d Sagremarisco   (Portugal)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; REFLECTION;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; BIO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; FULL RESOLUTION IMAGES; LIMITS OF DETECTION; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; WATER-LEAVING REFLECTANCE;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CALIBRATION; CORRECTION; DEEP WATER; HISTOGRAM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84896873201     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2014.894657     Document Type: Article

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