Actions for Optical properties and remote sensing of inland and coastal waters
Optical properties and remote sensing of inland and coastal waters / Robert P. Bukata [and others].
- Published
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [1995]
- Copyright Date
- ©1995
- Physical Description
- 362 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Additional Creators
- Bukata, R. P.
- Contents
- INTRODUCTORY THEORY: Aquatic optics -- The nature of electromagnetic radiation and light -- Radiance and irradiance -- Attenuation of light in an aquatic medium -- Spectral albed -- Environmental remote sensing and space science -- Remote measurements above water -- The boundary conditions of the considered problem -- INCIDENT RADIATION: The sun and extraterrestrial solar radiation -- Atmospheric attenuation and global radiation -- Stratospheric ozone and ultraviolet solar radiation -- Clouds -- Diffuse sky radiation -- Water surface albedo -- THE PROPAGATION OF ATMOSPHERIC PHOTON FLUXES INTO NATURAL WATER BODIES: Optical classification of natural waters -- Photon interactions with the air-water interface -- The impact of wave slope on reflection from the air-water interface -- Satellite sensor, sunglint, and curvature of the Earth -- Apparent and inherent optical properties of natural waters -- Monte carlo simulations of photon propagation -- Bulk and specific inherent optical properties -- Dependence of the underwater light field on solar zenith angle and sky irradiance -- COMPOSITION OF NATURAL WATERS: The aquatic food chain (trophic levels) -- Pure water -- Dissolved salts and gases -- Dissolved organic matter -- Suspended matter -- Air bubbles -- Cumulative optical impact of the aquatic components --, THE EFFECTS OF CHLOROPHYLL, SUSPENDED MINERALS, AND DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON ON VOLUME REFLECTANCE: Optical cross sections -- Multi-component optical model for natural waters -- Impact of chlorophyll on volume reflectance spectra -- Impact of suspended minerals on volume reflectance spectra -- Impact of dissolved organic matter on volume reflectance spectra -- Volume reflectance in non-case i water bodies containing moderate to high concentrations of dissolved organic matter -- Volume reflectance at a single wavelength -- Deconvolving the aquatic organic and inorganic components from the volume reflectance spectra -- Multivariate optimization as a means of deconvolving the aquatic organic and inorganic concentrations from the volume reflectance spectrum -- CHROMATICITY AND THE COLOR OF NATURAL WATER: Color and volume reflectance -- Photometric units -- Colorimetric system: chromaticity -- Chromaticity as a means of estimating aquatic component concentrations -- Chromaticity and remote sensing -- OBSERVATIONS OF OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF NATURAL WATERS (THE LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES): The secchi disk and attenuation of subsurface irradiance -- Beam transmission, T([lambda], z) -- The nepheloid layer -- Irradiance attenuation coefficient for PAR -- Photosynthetic usable radiation, PUR -- Photic depth -- Spectral band values of irradiance attenuation coefficients -- Subsurface sighting range -- The trophic status of natural water -- Optics and the status of the Great Lakes --, and REMOTE SENSING OVER NATURAL WATER: Upwelling radiation through the air-water interface -- Accounting for atmospheric intervention -- Radiative transfer models -- Existing atmospheric correction models -- A thematic mapper illustration -- Remote sensing of water quality parameters -- A very brief inventory of environmental satellites -- PRIMARY PRODUCTION IN NATURAL WATER: Photosynthesis -- Phytoplankton photosynthesis (primary production) -- Remotely estimating phytoplankton photosynthesis -- Phytoplankton primary production from estimates of aquatic chlorophyll -- Chlorophyll and biomass of ocean waters -- Chlorophyll and biomass of inland and coastal waters -- Protocol for remotely estimating primary production in non-case I Waters -- Available light for photochemical and photobiological activity -- An example of primary production in Ladoga Lake -- AQUATIC REMOTE SENSING IN REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING: Ecosystems at risk -- Satellites and global change -- Satellites and hydrology -- Climate change -- Effects of enhanced UV-B on phytoplankton photosynthesis -- Global water bodies and the gaia hypothesis -- Remote sensing and water quality.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0849347548 (alk. paper)
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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