Satellite retrieval of the absorption coefficient of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in continental margins

The absorption coefficient of chromophoric dissolved organic matter at 443 nm, a CDOM (443), has been retrieved from coastal zone color scanner (CZCS) normalized water-leaving radiances. For a wintertime, low-chlorophyll condition in the Middle Atlantic Bight the a CDOM (443) is computed by mathematical inversion of an oceanic spectral radiance model. The CZCS a CDOM (443) retrieval is validated by a recent ship-aircraft a CDOM (443) retrieval experiment within the same oceanographic region.

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