Specific absorption and backscatter coefficient signatures in southeastern Atlantic coastal waters

Charles R. Bostater Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.332723

11 December 1998 Specific absorption and backscatter coefficient signatures in southeastern Atlantic coastal waters

Charles R. Bostater Jr.

Proceedings Volume 3496, Earth Surface Remote Sensing II; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.332723
Event: Remote Sensing, 1998, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Measurements of natural water samples in the field and laboratory of hyperspectral signatures of total absorption and reflectance were obtained using long pathlength absorption systems (50 cm pathlength). Water was sampled in Indian River Lagoon, Banana River and Port Canaveral, Florida. Stations were also occupied in near coastal waters out to the edge of the Gulf Stream in the vicinity of Kennedy Space Center, Florida and estuarine waters along Port Royal Sound and along the Beaufort River tidal area in South Carolina. The measurements were utilized to calculate natural water specific absorption, total backscatter and specific backscatter optical signatures. The resulting optical cross section signatures suggest different models are needed for the different water types and that the common linear model may only appropriate for coastal and oceanic water types. Mean particle size estimates based on the optical cross section, suggest as expected, that particle size of oceanic particles are smaller than more turbid water types. The data discussed and presented are necessary for remote sensing applications of sensors as well as for development and inversion of remote sensing algorithms.

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Charles R. Bostater Jr. "Specific absorption and backscatter coefficient signatures in southeastern Atlantic coastal waters", Proc. SPIE 3496, Earth Surface Remote Sensing II, (11 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.332723

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