MOS-B data corrected by standard calibration procedures are affected by "st
riping" in most channels, Striping arises because of the imperfect calibrat
ion of the detector characteristics. In this paper,,ve present a method for
removing striping, in which the equalization curves are estimated by explo
iting a data base of carefully selected homogeneous targets, We present the
results obtained on sea target images. Such a case study is of great inter
est because it is related to ocean color applications, for which the MOS-B
sensor was especially designed. We also estimate the reduction of striping
noise in the equalized image by means of two appropriate indexes of quality
.