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Ibrahim et al. 2012

Ibrahim, A., A. Gilerson, T. Harmel, A. Tonizzo, J. Chowdhary, and S. Ahmed, 2012: The relationship between upwelling underwater polarization and attenuation/absorption ratio. Opt. Express, 23, 25662-25680, doi:10.1364/OE.20.025662.

The attenuation coefficient of the water body is not directly retrievable from measurements of unpolarized water-leaving radiance. Based on extensive radiative transfer simulations using the vector radiative transfer code RayXP, it is demonstrated that the underwater degree of linear polarization (DoLP) is closely related to the attenuation-to-absorption ratio (c/a) of the water body, a finding that enables retrieval of the attenuation coefficient from measurements of the Stokes components of the upwelling underwater polarized light field. The relationship between DoLP and the c/a ratio is investigated for the upwelling polarized light field for a complete set of viewing geometries, at several wavelengths in the visible part of the spectrum; for varying compositions of the aquatic environment, whose constituents include phytoplankton, non-algal particles, and color dissolved organic matter (CDOM); and for varying microphysical properties such as the refractive index and the slope of the Junge-type particle size distribution (PSD). Consequently, this study reveals the possibility for retrieval of additional inherent optical properties (IOPs) from air- or space-borne DoLP measurements of the water-leaving radiation.

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@article{ib01000b,
  author={Ibrahim, A. and Gilerson, A. and Harmel, T. and Tonizzo, A. and Chowdhary, J. and Ahmed, S.},
  title={The relationship between upwelling underwater polarization and attenuation/absorption ratio},
  year={2012},
  journal={Optics Express},
  volume={23},
  pages={25662--25680},
  doi={10.1364/OE.20.025662},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - ib01000b
AU  - Ibrahim, A.
AU  - Gilerson, A.
AU  - Harmel, T.
AU  - Tonizzo, A.
AU  - Chowdhary, J.
AU  - Ahmed, S.
PY  - 2012
TI  - The relationship between upwelling underwater polarization and attenuation/absorption ratio
JA  - Opt. Express
JO  - Optics Express
VL  - 23
SP  - 25662
EP  - 25680
DO  - 10.1364/OE.20.025662
ER  -

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