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2004. Oceanography 17(2):44–49, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2004.46
Why Should We Measure the Optical Backscattering Coefficient?
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Authors
Emmanuel Boss | School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME
Dariusz Stramski | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA
Trisha Bergmann | School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME
W. Scott Pegau | College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Marlon Lewis | Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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In recent years commercial sensors for in situ determinations of optical backscattering coefficient, bb, have become available. The small size and low power requirements of these sensors permit deployment from small sensing platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles, in addition to standard profiling packages. Given their rapid sampling time (sub second) they can collect data with high temporal and spatial resolution (sub meter).
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Citation
Boss, E., D. Stramski, T. Bergmann, W.S. Pegau, and M. Lewis. 2004. Why should we measure the optical backscattering coefficient? Oceanography 17(2):44–49, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2004.46.