Coherent and Incoherent Multiple Scattering of Light in Sea Water

Abstract

Scattering of light in sea water is dominated by scattering from suspended particles and biological organisms. Since the wavelength of the radiation is small compared with the mean distance between scattering centers, the particles scatter independently. Coherent scattering--important only when the wavelength is large compared with the mean separation--is negligible for scattering by sea suspensions. The simpler aspects of multiple scattering theory are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0731976

Entities

People

  • G. E. Modesitt

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Backscattering
  • Born Approximations
  • Coherent Scattering
  • Cosmic Rays
  • Dispersing
  • Equations
  • Forward Scattering
  • Incoherent Scattering
  • Light Scattering
  • Particles
  • Radiation
  • Random Variables
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Scattering Cross Sections
  • Sea Water
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.