Ocean Optics (Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics) - Hardcover

Spinrad, Rochard W.; Carder, Kendall L.; Perry, Mary Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195068432 ISBN 13: 9780195068436

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1994

Synopsis

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. Through the course of this interdisciplinary work, the reader is led from the physical concepts of radiative transfer to the experimental techniques used in the lab and at sea, to process-oriented discussions of the biochemical mechanisms responsible for oceanic optical variability. The text will be of interest to researchers and students in physical and biological oceanography, biology, geophysics, limnology, atmospheric optics, and remote sensing of ocean and global climate change.

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About the Author

Rochard W. Spinrad is at Office of Naval Research. Kendall L. Carder is at University of South Florida.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195068432
• ISBN 13: 9780195068436
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304