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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450661303321

Titolo

Ocean optics [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Richard W. Spinrad, Kendall L. Carder, Mary Jane Perry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press

Oxford, : Clarendon Press, 1994

ISBN

0-19-756023-7

1-280-52563-0

0-19-536172-5

1-4294-1089-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

Oxford monographs on geology and geophysics ; ; no. 25

Altri autori (Persone)

SpinradRichard W

CarderKendall L

PerryMary Jane <1948->

Disciplina

551.46

551.4601

Soggetti

Optical oceanography

Oceanography

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Presented at a conference on optical oceanography in 1989 at Friday Harbor, Washington"--P. ix.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Modeling and Simulating Radiative Transfer in the Ocean; 2. The Relationship between the Inherent and the Apparent Optical Properties of Surface Waters and its Dependence on the Shape of the Volume Scattering Function; 3. Optical Closure: from Theory to Measurement; 4. Interrelationships between Light and Phytoplankton in the Sea; 5. Optics from the Single Cell to the Mesoscale; 6. Measurements of Phytoplankton Absorption Other Than Per Unit of Chlorophyll a; 7. A History of Early Optical Oceanographic Instrument Design in Scandinavia

8. Why is the Measurement of Fluorescence Important to the Study of Biological Oceanography?9. Light Absorption, Fluorescence, and Photosynthesis: Skeletonema Costatum and Field Measurements; 10. Capabilities and Merits of Long-term Bio-optical Moorings; 11.



Polarization of Light in the Ocean; 12. Raman Scattering and Optical Properties of Pure Water; 13. Optical Effects of Large Particles; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since the publication of Jerlov's classic volume on optical oceanography in 1968, the ability to predict or model the submarine light field, given measurements of the inherent optical properties of the ocean, has improved to the point that model fields are very close to measured fields. In the last three decades, remote sensing capabilities have fostered powerful models that can be inverted to estimate the inherent optical properties closely related to substances important for understanding global biological productivity, environmental quality, and most nearshore geophysical processes. This volume presents an eclectic blend of information on the theories, experiments, and instrumentation that now characterize the ways in which optical oceanography is studied.