Comparison of numerical models for computing underwater light fields

Applied Optics

Volumn 32, Issue 36, 1993, Pages 7484-7504

  Mobley, Curtis D ^a   Gentili, Bernard ^b   Morel, Andre ^b   Gordon, Howard R ^c   Jin, Zhonghai ^d   Stamnes, Knut ^d   Kattawar, George W ^e   Reinersman, Phillip ^f   Stavn, Robert H ^g  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RAMAN SCATTERING;

OCEANOGRAPHIC PROBLEMS; OPTICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATION; UNDERWATER LIGHT FIELDS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0027736136     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.32.007484     Document Type: Article

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