Angular structure of under-water light field: Importance for ocean-color models

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2963, Issue , 1997, Pages 26-31

  Sathyendranath, Shubha ^a,b   Platt, Trevor ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorption coefficient; Backscattering coefficient; Mean cosines; Ocean colour; Remote sensing; Sea surface reflectance

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; BACKSCATTERING; COLOR; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOSFET DEVICES; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; SURFACE WATERS;

ANALYTIC SOLUTIONS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; ANGULAR STRUCTURES; BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENT; COLOR MODELS; DOWNWELLING; LIGHT FIELDS; MEAN COSINES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; OCEAN COLOUR; PATH LENGTHS; PHASE FUNCTIONS; SCATTERING EFFECTS; SEA SURFACES; SEA-SURFACE REFLECTANCE; TO MANY; UP-WELLING;

LIGHT;

EID: 58049175327     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.266459     Document Type: Conference Paper

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