Connection between salinity and light absorption coefficient

Author

Haltrin, Vladimir I. ; Johnson, Donald R. ; Weidemann, Alan D.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

5

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1845

Abstract

In many important applications it is necessary to estimate inherent optical properties of sea water using only available oceanographic data. Among the many hydrographic parameters of sea water only salinity has been shown to have a significant correlation with such optical parameters such as absorption coefficient. This correlation is due to the coupling between salinity and concentration of dissolved organic matter. The advantages and disadvantages in using this correlation to retrieve absorption properties is examined for a coastal plume

Keywords

oceanographic regions; optical properties; seawater; COPE 97 experiment; Chesapeake Bay; absorption properties; coastal plume; dissolved organic matter concentration; hydrographic parameters; light absorption coefficient; oceanographic data; optical parameters; optical properties; salinity; sea water; Absorption; Laboratories; Nonlinear optics; Oceans; Optical mixing; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Remote sensing; Sea measurements; Water conservation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858142

Filename

858142