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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-477-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-477-2013
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02 May 2013
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MERIS-based ocean colour classification with the discrete Forel–Ule scale

M. R. Wernand, A. Hommersom, and H. J. van der Woerd

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