Light scattering phase functions measured in waters of Mediterranean Sea

Author

Mankovsky, Victor I. ; Haltrin, Vladimir I.

Author_Institution

Marine Hydrophys. Inst., Ukrainian Nat. Acad. of Sci., Sevastopol, Ukraine

Volume

4

fYear

2002

fDate

29-31 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

2368

Abstract

In this paper we propose 32 new experimental phase functions measured in situ during several oceanographic expeditions in various regions of the Mediterranean Sea. As in the case with the Petzold (1972) phase functions, these measurements include a complete set of inherent optical properties for the wavelength of 520 nm. In 30 cases the beam attenuation coefficient was also measured. The backscattering coefficient, probability of backscattering, and Gordon´s parameter are calculated. The complete results are presented in the form of tables for 33 scattering angles in the range of 2 and 162.5 degrees.

Keywords

light scattering; oceanographic regions; 520 nm; Gordon parameter; Mediterranean Sea; Petzold phase functions; backscattering coefficient; backscattering probability; beam attenuation coefficient; in situ measurement; light scattering phase function; optical property; scattering angle; Backscatter; Laboratories; Light scattering; Oceans; Optical attenuators; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Phase measurement; Sea measurements; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '02 MTS/IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7534-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2002.1191998

Filename

1191998