ABSTRACT
Remote sensing of oceans of the world has become an important environmental considerations because the colors of the ocean and estuaries are key indicators of pollution as well as of biological phenomena. The atmosphere above the ocean contains dust and aerosols [1] that produce a significant bias in the observations. Industrial smokes and exhaust particles are of particular importance as well as dusts from the deserts of the world. Of prime importance is the dust from the Sahara and Gobi deserts, which can lower visibility to a few kilometers over distances of hundreds of kilometers from the sources by affecting photometry (brightness).
