Instruments and methods for measuring the backward-scattering coefficient of ocean waters

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 6057-6067

  Maffione, Robert A ^a,b   Dana, David R ^a  

^a Hydro Opt Biol Instrum Labs   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscattering; Ocean optics; Oceanographic instruments

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENTS; OCEAN COLOUR; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING;

EID: 0031580322     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.006057     Document Type: Article

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