Optical complexity of North Sea, Baltic Sea,  and adjacent coastal and inland waters  derived from Sentinel-3 OLCI satellite data

Hieronymi, Martin; Behr, Daniel; Bi, Shun; Röttgers, Rüdiger

doi:10.5194/essd-18-1307-2026

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19 Feb 2026

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Optical complexity of North Sea, Baltic Sea, and adjacent coastal and inland waters derived from Sentinel-3 OLCI satellite data

Martin Hieronymi, Daniel Behr, Shun Bi, and Rüdiger Röttgers

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