Atmospheric correction performance of hyperspectral airborne imagery over a small eutrophic lake under changing cloud cover

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Markelin, Lauri ^a,b   Simis, Stefan G H ^a   Hunter, Peter D ^c   Spyrakos, Evangelos ^c   Tyler, Andrew N ^c   Clewley, Daniel ^a   Groom, Steve ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH GEOSPATIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne; ATCOR4; Atmospheric correction; Chlorophyll a; Hyperspectral; In situ measurements; Inland waters; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER QUALITY;

AIRBORNE; ATCOR4; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; CHLOROPHYLL A; HYPERSPECTRAL; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INLAND WATERS;

IN SITU PROCESSING;

EID: 85010703234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs9010002     Document Type: Article

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