For analytical or semianalytical retrieval of shallow-water bathymetry and/or optical
properties of the water column from remote sensing, the contribution to the remotely sensed …

Accurate assessment of phytoplankton chlorophyll-a (chla) concentrations in turbid waters
by means of remote sensing is challenging due to the optical complexity of case 2 waters …

Spectral absorption coefficients of total particulate matter ap (λ) were determined using the
in vitro filter technique. The present analysis deals with a set of 1166 spectra, determined in …

Global satellite ocean color instruments provide the scientific community a high-resolution
means of studying the marine biosphere. Satellite data product validation and algorithm …

The standard SeaWiFS atmospheric correction algorithm, designed for open ocean water,
has been extended for use over turbid coastal and inland waters. Failure of the standard …

Sensors that can be used for the observation of ocean color in NASA's Earth Observing
System era (SeaWiFS, MODIS, and MISR) have been designed with 2–4 times the …

Remote sensing algorithms that use red and NIR bands for the estimation of chlorophyll-a
concentration [Chl] can be more effective in inland and coastal waters than algorithms that …

Ocean color measured from satellites provides daily, global estimates of marine inherent
optical properties (IOPs). Semi-analytical algorithms (SAAs) provide one mechanism for …

During its lifetime, a space-borne ocean color sensor provides world-wide information about
important biogeochemical properties of the upper ocean every 2 to 4 days in cloudless …

1.1 Background Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the most impor-tant gases in the
atmosphere, affecting the radiative heat balance of the earth as well as the calcium …