Polarization signals in the marine environment

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5158, Issue , 2003, Pages 85-92

  Cronin, Thomas W ^a   Shashar, Nadav ^b   Caldwell, Roy L ^c   Marshall, Justin ^d   Cheroske, Alexander G ^a   Chiou, Tsyr Huei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b Interuniversity Institute of Eilat   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological signal; Marine animal; Polarization sensitivity; Polarization vision; Polarized light

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLARIMETERS; REFLECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE PHENOMENA; UNDERWATER IMAGING;

BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS; MARINE ANIMALS; POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY; POLARIZATION VISION;

OCEAN HABITATS;

EID: 1842584694     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.507903     Document Type: Conference Paper

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