Light Fields in the Ocean from Natural and Artificial Sources
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Oceanography".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2020) | Viewed by 12040
Special Issue Editor
Interests: seawater optical properties; satellite ocean color; field studies; regional algorithms; climatic factors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special issue aims at presenting the results of new studies on light fields in the ocean. The term of "light fields" is interpreted here to a wider extent, encompassing not just a complete description of the angular radiance distribution at a given point, but also a partial description or the derived quantities, such as irradiance, radiance reflectance, diffuse reflectance, albedo, etc. The light fields may relate to the water medium itself, the sea surface, the atmosphere over the ocean, or the sea bottom; the light may be unpolarized or polarized, the light source natural or artificial, stationary or pulsed. Both theoretical results and from-field measurements are welcome; the presentation of new ideas and their realization, in particular the practical applications for the investigation and monitoring of the ocean and seas are encouraged. The particular topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Topics:
- Radiation transfer in the water media—direct and inverse problems; new computational availabilities;
- Underwater light fields in different oceanological and meteorological conditions;
- New methods and instruments for measuring the light fields underwater and above the sea surface;
- Ocean optics in Arctic—features of propagation and reflection of solar radiation by the ice cover;
- Propagation of optical signals, including short laser pulses, in the water media;
- Polarization characteristics of the light fields, underwater and above the sea surface;
- Vision of underwater objects through a wavy sea surface; optical diagnostics of the sea surface state;
- Use of the radiation transfer equation approximations for the ocean remote sensing.
Original papers and thematic reviews are accepted.
Prof. Dr. Oleg Kopelevich
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Ocean optics
- Satellite observations
- Field studies
- Regional algorithms
- Climatic factors