Assessment of approximations in aerosol optical properties and vertical distribution into FLEX atmospherically-corrected surface reflectance and retrieved sun-induced fluorescence

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Vicent, Jorge ^a   Sabater, Neus ^a   Verrelst, Jochem ^a   Alonso, Luis ^a   Moreno, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Atmospheric correction; FLEX; MODTRAN; OPAC

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHARACTERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REFLECTION;

AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITES; FLEX; MODTRAN; OPAC; PARAMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 85021117453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs9070675     Document Type: Article

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