| Effects of a nonuniform vertical profile of chlorophyll concentration on remote-sensing reflectance of the ocean. | |
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PMID: 15813278 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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Numerical simulations of radiative transfer were used to examine the effects of a nonuniform vertical profile of the inherent optical properties of the water column associated with the vertical profile of chlorophyll concentration, Chl(z), on the spectral remote-sensing reflectance, Rrs(gamma), of the ocean. Using the Gaussian function that describes the Chl(z) profile, we simulated a relatively broad range of open-ocean conditions characterized by the presence of a subsurface Chl maximum at depths greater than or equal to 20 m. The simulations for a vertically nonuniform Chl(z) were compared with reference simulations for a homogeneous ocean whose Chl was identical to the surface Chl of inhomogeneous cases. The range of values for the Gaussian parameters that produce significant differences in Rrs(gamma) (> 5%) was determined. For some vertical structures of Chl(z) considered, the magnitude of Rrs(gamma) and the blue-to-green band ratios of Rrs(gamma) differ significantly from the reference values of homogeneous ocean (> 70% in extreme cases of low surface chlorophyll of 0.02 mg m(-3) and shallow pigment maximum at 20 m). The differences are small or negligible when the nonuniform profiles are characterized by a surface Chl greater than 0.4 mg m(-3) or a depth of Chl maximum greater than 45 m (65 m in extremely clear waters with a surface Chl of 0.02 mg m(-3) or less). The comparison of modeling results with the current algorithm for retrieving the global distribution of chlorophyll from satellite imagery of ocean color suggests that strong effects of the subsurface chlorophyll maximum on reflectance at low surface chlorophyll concentrations can lead to a severalfold overestimation in the algorithm-derived surface chlorophyll. Examples of field data from the Sea of Japan and the north polar Atlantic Ocean are used to illustrate various nonuniform pigment profiles and their effect on the blue-to-green ratio of Rrs(gamma). |
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Authors:
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Malgorzata Stramska; Dariusz Stramski |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Applied optics Volume: 44 ISSN: 0003-6935 ISO Abbreviation: Appl Opt Publication Date: 2005 Mar |
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Created Date: 2005-04-07 Completed Date: 2005-05-18 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0247660 Medline TA: Appl Opt Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1735-47 Citation Subset: - |
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Hancock Institute for Marine Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0371, USA. stramski@mpl.ucsd.edu |
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