Experiment for testing the closure property in ocean optics

Robert A. Maffione; Richard C. Honey; Robert A. Brown

doi:10.1117/12.48876

1 December 1991 Experiment for testing the closure property in ocean optics

Robert A. Maffione, Richard C. Honey, Robert A. Brown

Proceedings Volume 1537, Underwater Imaging, Photography, and Visibility; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48876
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes a novel experiment to simultaneously measure, over relatively long, near- vertical paths in unmixed ocean water, the spectral absorption and attenuation coefficients and the volume scattering function from which the scattering coefficient can be computed by integration. The experiment can therefore be used to test the widely used closure property in ocean optics. Another important aspect of these measurements is that they are indicative of the undisturbed, bulk inherent properties of the ocean water as opposed to conventional, short- path measurements, which appreciably disturb the measured water volume. This experiment was recently carried out during ONR's ocean optics cruise in August 1990 in Pacific waters off the coast of southern California.

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Robert A. Maffione, Richard C. Honey, and Robert A. Brown "Experiment for testing the closure property in ocean optics", Proc. SPIE 1537, Underwater Imaging, Photography, and Visibility, (1 December 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48876

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