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|+ Examples of atmospheric correction techniques for multispectral remote-sensing images, ordered chronologically to show the historical development of atmospheric correction methods in remote-sensing.
! scope="col" | Sensor
! scope="col" | Approach |
| MSS | band-to-band regression [{{cite conference |last1=Potter |first1=J. F. |last2=Mendolowitz |first2=M. |date=1975 |title=On the determination of the haze levels from Landsat data |publisher=NASA United States |id=19760052102 |conference=10th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment |pages=695–703}}] |
| MSS | all-band spectral covariance [{{cite journal |last1=Switzer |first1=P. |last2=Kowalik |first2=W. S. |last3=Lyon |first3=R. J. |date=1981 |title=Estimation of atmospheric path radiance by the covariance matrix method |journal=Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing |volume=47 |pages=1469–1476}}] |
| airborne MSS | band-to-band regression [{{cite journal |last=Potter |first=J. F. |date=1984 |title=The channel correlation method for estimating aerosol levels from multispectral scanner data |journal=Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing |volume=50 |pages=43–52 }}] |
| AVHRR | iterative estimation [{{cite journal |last1=Singh |first1=S. M. |last2=Cracknell |first2=A. P. |date=1986 |title=The estimation of atmospheric effects for SPOT using AVHRR channel-1 data |journal=International Journal of Remote Sensing |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=361–377 |doi=10.1080/01431168608954692 |bibcode=1986IJRS....7..361S }}] |
| MSS, TM | DOS with exponential scattering model [{{cite journal |last=Chavez |first=P. S. |date=1988 |title=An improved dark-object subtraction technique for atmospheric scattering correction of multispectral data |journal=Remote Sensing of Environment |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=459–479 |doi=10.1016/0034-4257(88)90019-3 |bibcode=1988RSEnv..24..459C }}] |
| TM | DOS with exponential scattering model, downwelling atmospheric radiance measurements [{{cite journal |last=Chavez |first=P. S. |date=1989 |title=Radiometric calibration of Landsat Thematic Mapper multispectral images |journal=Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing |volume=55 |issue=9 |pages=1285–1294 }}] |
| TM | pixel-by-pixel tasseled cap haze parameter [{{cite journal |last=Lavreau |first=J. |date=1991 |title=De-hazing Landsat Thematic Mapper images |journal=Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing |volume=57 |issue=10 |pages=1297–1302 }}] |
| AVHRR | DOS, NDVI, AVHRR band 3 [{{cite journal |last1=Holben |first1=B. |last2=Vermote |first2=E. |last3=Kaufman |first3=Y. J. |last4=Tanre |first4=D. |last5=Kalb |first5=V. |date=1992 |title=Aerosol retrieval over land from AVHRR data - application for atmospheric correction |journal=IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=212–222 |doi=10.1109/36.134072 |bibcode=1992ITGRS..30..212H }}] |
| airborne TMS, Landsat TM | ground and airborne solar measurements, atmospheric modeling code [{{cite journal |last1=Wrigley |first1=R. C. |last2=Spanner |first2=M. A. |last3=Slye |first3=R. E. |last4=Pueschel |first4=R. F. |last5=Aggarwal |first5=H. R. |date=1992 |title=Atmospheric correction of remotely sensed image data by a simplified model |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research |volume=97 |issue=D17 |pages=18797–18814 |doi=10.1029/92JD01347 |bibcode=1992JGR....9718797W }}] |
| TM | comparison of ten DOS and atmospheric modeling code variations with field data [{{cite journal |last1=Moran |first1=M. S. |last2=Jackson |first2=R. D. |last3=Slater |first3=P. N. |last4=Teillet |first4=P. M. |date=1992 |title=Evaluation of simplified procedures for retrieval of land surface reflectance factors from satellite sensor output |journal=Remote Sensing of Environment |volume=41 |issue=2–3 |pages=169–184 |doi=10.1016/0034-4257(92)90076-V |bibcode=1992RSEnv..41..169M }}] |
| TM | dark target, modeling code [{{cite journal |last1=Teillet |first1=P. M. |last2=Fedosejevs |first2=G. |date=1995 |title=On the dark target approach to atmospheric correction of remotely sensed data |journal=Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=374–387 |doi=10.1080/07038992.1995.10855161 |bibcode=1995CaJRS..21..374T }}] |
| TM (all bands) | atmospheric modeling code, region histogram matching [{{cite journal |last=Richter |first=R. |date=1996 |title=A spatially adaptive fast atmospheric correction algorithm |journal=International Journal of Remote Sensing |volume=17 |issue=6 |pages=1201–1214 |doi=10.1080/01431169608949077 |bibcode=1996IJRS...17.1201R }}] |
| TM | DOS with estimated atmospheric transmittance [{{cite journal |last=Chavez |first=P. S. Jr. |date=1996 |title=Image-based atmospheric corrections-revisited and improved |journal=Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing |volume=62 |issue=9 |pages=1025–1036 }}] |
| TM | dark target, atmospheric modeling code |
| TM, ETM+ | empirical line method, single target, ground measurements |
| TM | water reservoirs, comparison of 7 methods for 12 dates |
| AVHRR | 2-band PCT used to separate aerosol components |