Light Scattering Properties and Processes of Coastal Waters

Abstract

Characterizing the volume scattering function (VSF) of oceanic waters remains one of the most outstanding problems in optical oceanography. The goal of this project was to develop the tools necessary to significantly advance our knowledge of the VSF of oceanic waters, particularly coastal waters. This project ended early into this reporting period (FY01) and therefore there is not much new to add from the previous annual report on this project. We successfully achieved our goals, having developed the first in-situ, multi-angle profiling VSF instrument called HydroBeta. We also developed additional tools and facilities for studying ocean-optical properties and light scattering in particular, and conducted extensive ocean measurements and laboratory experiments of water optical properties.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA627604

Entities

People

  • Robert A. Maffione

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Backscattering
  • Calibration
  • Coefficients
  • Electro-Optics
  • Instrumentation
  • Light Scattering
  • Light Sources
  • Measurement
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering

Readers

  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.