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Remote Sensing of Organic Matter in Coastal Waters

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Remote Sensing of Coastal Aquatic Environments

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Del Castillo, C.E. (2007). Remote Sensing of Organic Matter in Coastal Waters. In: Miller, R.L., Del Castillo, C.E., Mckee, B.A. (eds) Remote Sensing of Coastal Aquatic Environments. Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3100-7_7

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