DIRECTIONAL RADIANCE (LUMINANCE) OF THE SEA SURFACE

Abstract

The development of the equations for the computation of directional sea radiance and/or luminance are presented. Three types of conditions for which calculations may be made are each treated separately: first, the radiance or luminance of the calm sea; second, the radiance or luminance of the time- or space-averaged wind-ruffled sea; and third, the radiance or luminance of the sea surface in which large wave pattern is resolved but small capillary waves are unresolved.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0697268

Entities

People

  • Jacqueline I. Gordon

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capillary Waves
  • Computations
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Deep Water
  • Directional
  • Equations
  • Fresh Water
  • Light Sources
  • Mathematics
  • Microvessels
  • Oceans
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Sea Water
  • Standards
  • Visible Spectra
  • Water Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.

Technology Areas

  • Space