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ABSTRACT Atmospheric correction of ocean colour remote-sensing data is based on the assumption that no water-leaving reflectance occurs in the near-infrared (NIR) area. However, this assumption is not valid for highly productive waters. To solve this problem, this paper describes a modified atmospheric correction scheme for Hyperion data. Based on the assumption that the ratio of water-leaving radiance and aerosol radiance in two NIR bands follows a fixed rule, we moved a rectangular box around the imagery to calculate those two parameters, which were then used to replace the assumption of zero water-leaving radiance in the NIR. We applied the new atmospheric correction algorithm to one Hyperion image. Following comparison of in situ measurements to results of the FLAASH atmospheric correction schema, preliminary findings show that the new algorithm is effective in reducing error in retrieved water-leaving radiance values, to some extent.