Retrieval of the penetration of light and horizontal visibility in coastal waters from ocean color remote sensing data

Maeva Doron; Marcel Babin; Antoine Mangin; Odile Fanton d'Andon

doi:10.1117/12.618378

10 September 2005 Retrieval of the penetration of light and horizontal visibility in coastal waters from ocean color remote sensing data

Maeva Doron, Marcel Babin, Antoine Mangin, Odile Fanton d'Andon

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Proceedings Volume 5885, Remote Sensing of the Coastal Oceanic Environment; 58850B (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.618378
Event: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We present two algorithms for the retrieval of 1) vertical light penetration and 2) horizontal visibility in coastal waters using ocean color data. The Secchi depth, a proxy to vertical visibility or water transparency, is related to the former two properties and can be retrieved from two irradiance reflectances. The algorithm development includes the use of classical approximations in marine optics, sensitivity analyses based on radiative transfer calculations, and the use of an extensive in situ optical data set. Finally, match-ups between in situ measurements of the Secchi depth and ocean color data were used for the parameterization of the operational algorithm. Maps of Secchi depths are presented over different coastal regions.

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Maeva Doron, Marcel Babin, Antoine Mangin, and Odile Fanton d'Andon "Retrieval of the penetration of light and horizontal visibility in coastal waters from ocean color remote sensing data", Proc. SPIE 5885, Remote Sensing of the Coastal Oceanic Environment, 58850B (10 September 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.618378

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