Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2009. Issue.6. Vol.1. P. 339-348
Assessment of the budget of solar radiation in shallow waters from
satellite data
С.В. Вазюля
, О.В. Копелевич
, С.В. Шеберстов
Институт океанологии им. П.П. Ширшова РАН, 117997 Москва, Нахимовский проспект, 36
A new method for estimation of the surface and underwater balance of the solar photosynthetically
active radiation from the satellite ocean color data taking into account the bottom reflection is presented.
The algorithm is based on the computation of six unknown parameters including bottom reflectance for
shallow waters from satellite and ancillary data for a given viewing conditions. These parameters
determine the propagation of the solar radiation in the atmosphere-ocean system. The method is validated
by comparison with in situ data from shallow shelf waters at the Northern Caspian.
Keywords: balance of photosynthetically active radiation, bottom reflectance, shallow waters, satellite ocean color scanner
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