Water Optics of the Mississippi Sounds.
Abstract
From analyses of optical and suspended sediment properties in the Mississippi Sound, inherent relationships for exceptional turbid coastal waters are established. The optical parameters of secchi depth, Nepholometric Turbidity Units (NTU), and spectral upwelling and downwelling diffuse attenuation coefficients are correlated with themselves and with the size distribution of suspended sediments. From these relationships, estimates of other scattering and absorption water optical properties are established. Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) and Landsat satellite data coincident with the experimental data were analyzed to access the spatial, temporal, and quantitative optical properties with the sound and surrounding shelf waters. Problems with atmospheric correction techniques in turbid coastal waters precluded obtaining quantitative optic measurements. Relationships between the spectral satellite radiance values and optical properties are established.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA139815
Entities
People
- R. A. Arnone