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  • 1SERCO SpA c/o European Space Agency ESA-ESRIN, Largo Galileo Galilei, 00044 Frascati, Italy.

Remote Sensing
|July 25, 2020
PubMed

Keywords:
Landsat-8Sentinel-2aerosol optical thicknessatmospheric correctionprocessors inter-comparisonremote sensingsurface reflectancewater vapour

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