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These algorithms generally use two NIR bands, one centered near 0.75 \u03bcm and the other near 0.865 \u03bcm, and a band ratio method for deriving aerosol information. The algorithms work quite well over open ocean waters. However, water leaving reflectances over turbid coastal waters are frequently not derived. We describe here a spectrum-matching algorithm using shortwave IR (SWIR) bands above 1 \u03bcm for retrieving water leaving reflectances in the visible from VIIRS data. The SWIR bands centered near 1.24, 1.61, and 2.25 \u03bcm are used in a spectrum-matching process to obtain spectral aerosol information, which is subsequently extrapolated to the visible region for the derivation of water leaving reflectances of visible bands. We present retrieval results for four VIIRS scenes acquired over turbid waters. We demonstrate that the spatial coverages of our retrieving results can be improved significantly in comparison with those retrieved with the current NOAA operational algorithm. If our SWIR algorithm is implemented for operational data processing, the algorithm can potentially be complimentary to current NASA and NOAA VIIRS algorithms over turbid waters to increase spatial coverages.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15020425","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,11]],"date-time":"2023-01-11T03:40:35Z","timestamp":1673408435000},"page":"425","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["A Multi-Band Atmospheric Correction Algorithm for Deriving Water Leaving Reflectances over Turbid Waters from VIIRS Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9228-3885","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bo-Cai","family":"Gao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Remote Sensing Division, Code 7232, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA"}]},{"given":"Rong-Rong","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Remote Sensing Division, Code 7234, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1631","DOI":"10.1364\/AO.17.001631","article-title":"Removal of atmospheric effects from satellite imagery of the oceans","volume":"17","author":"Gordon","year":"1978","journal-title":"Appl. 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