Light Scattering Properties and Processes of Coastal Waters.

摘要

Characterizing the volume scattering function (VSF) of oceanic waters remains one of the most outstanding problems in optical oceanography. The goal of this project was to develop the tools necessary to significantly advance our knowledge of the VSF of oceanic waters, particularly coastal waters. This project ended early into this reporting period (FY01) and therefore there is not much new to add from the previous annual report on this project. We successfully achieved our goals, having developed the first in-situ, multi-angle profiling VSF instrument called HydroBeta. We also developed additional tools and facilities for studying ocean-optical properties and light scattering in particular, and conducted extensive ocean measurements and laboratory experiments of water optical properties.