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20 April 2010 Effects of temperature and salinity on light scattering by water
Xiaodong Zhang, Lianbo Hu
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Abstract
A theoretical model on light scattering by water was developed from the thermodynamic principles and was used to evaluate the effects of temperature and salinity. The results agreed with the measurements by Morel within 1%. The scattering increases with salinity in a non-linear manner and the empirical linear model underestimate the scattering by seawater for S < 40 psu. Seawater also exhibits an 'anomalous' scattering behavior with a minimum occurring at 24.64 °C for pure water and this minimum increases with the salinity, reaching 27.49 °C at 40 psu.
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Xiaodong Zhang and Lianbo Hu "Effects of temperature and salinity on light scattering by water", Proc. SPIE 7678, Ocean Sensing and Monitoring II, 76780L (20 April 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.850803
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KEYWORDS
Scattering

Water

Light scattering

Temperature metrology

Refractive index

Thermodynamics

Backscatter

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