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Articles | Volume 9, issue 3
Articles | Volume 9, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-521-2013
© Author(s) 2013. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-521-2013
© Author(s) 2013. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 9, issue 3
Research article
 | 
27 May 2013
Research article |  | 27 May 2013

Assessment of MERIS ocean color data products for European seas

G. Zibordi, F. Mélin, J.-F. Berthon, and E. Canuti

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