ThedataofSeaWiFS(Sea-ViewingWideField-of-ViewSensor),installedonSeaStar,hasbeenusedtogenerateSSC(suspendedsedimentconcentration)ofcomplexandturbidcoastalwatersinChina.InviewoftheproblemsoftheSeaDAS(SeaWiFSDataAnalysisSystem)algorithmappliedtoChinacoastalwaters,anewatmosphericcorrectionalgorithmisdiscussed,developed,andusedfortheSSCofEastChinacoastalwaters.Theadvantagesofthenewalgorithmaredescribedthroughthecomparisonoftheresultsfromdifferentalgorithms.