A Practical Point Spread Model for Ocean Waters
Abstract
The scattering properties of the medium ultimately determine the outcome of the image transmission. For ocean optics research the scattering properties are often conveniently described and measured in general by the scattering coefficient (b), which determines the possibility of a photon to be scattered away from its original traveling direction per unit length by the medium molecules, constituents within (i.e. particles) and turbulence. As we know, this parameter (b) is an integration of the volume scattering or phase function, Beta, which details such probability by the relative directions of incoming and out-going photons. These inherent optical properties (IOP), although measured frequently due to their important applications in ocean optics, especially in remote sensing, cannot be applied to underwater imaging issues directly, since they inherently reflect the chance of the single scattering.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 04, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA476543
Entities
People
- Alan Dean Weidemann
- Deric J Gray
- Robert A. Arnone
- Weilin W. Hou
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory