Analytical representation of experimental light scattering phase functions measured in seas, oceans and lake Baykal

Author

Haltrin, Vladimir I. ; Mankovsky, Victor I.

Author_Institution

Naval Res. Lab., Stennis Space Center, MS, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

2651

Abstract

This paper analyzes 20 recently released phase functions of light scattering by natural water (18 marine and 2 lake) together with 15 Petzold marine phase functions. All phase functions with regression coefficients exceeding 0.998 are represented in an analytical form that allows one to compute their values at any scattering angle and the values of any derived parameter. The values of statistics with accompanied inherent optical properties that are necessary to compute modulation transfer functions are presented in a tabular form.

Keywords

lakes; light scattering; oceanography; Baykal; Lake Baikal; Petzold marine phase functions; analytical representation; empirical model; lake; light scattering; modulation transfer function; ocean; optical properties; optics; phase function; regression coefficients; scattering angle; underwater light; Lakes; Light scattering; Oceans; Optical computing; Optical modulation; Optical scattering; Phase measurement; Scattering parameters; Sea measurements; Statistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7536-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026730

Filename

1026730