Underwater light polarization and radiance fluctuations induced by surface waves

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4726-4739

  Sabbah, Shai ^a   Shashar, Nadav ^a  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; LIGHT; SURFACE WAVES; TRANSPARENCY; UNDERWATER IMAGING; VISION;

LIGHT VARIABILITY; RADIANCE FLUCTUATIONS; TEMPORAL LIGHT FLUCTUATIONS; UNDERWATER LIGHT POLARIZATION;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 33746177118     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.004726     Document Type: Article

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