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

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press; Oxford, : Clarendon Press, 1994
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 283 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 551.46; 551.4601
• Soggetto topico: Optical oceanography; Oceanography
• Altri autori: SpinradRichard W CarderKendall L PerryMary Jane <1948->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ocean optics
• ISBN: 0-19-756023-7; 1-280-52563-0; 0-19-536172-5; 1-4294-1089-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809905803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford monographs on geology and geophysics ; ; no. 25.