A study of the two-flow model of light in the sea
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Authors
Crisp, Marvin Howard
Subjects
Irradiance fields (study of)
Reflectance and transmittance factors
Principles of invariance
Reflectance and transmittance factors
Principles of invariance
Advisors
Preisendorfer, Rudolph W.
Date of Issue
1970-06
Date
June 1970
Publisher
Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The principles of invariance form the foundation of the study of irradiance fields in the sea. By review of the existing theory, it is shown how these principles may be applied to imbedded layers to derive complete reflectance and transmittance factors for the containing layer. These complete factors in turn yield the desired irradiance fields. They are also used to develop local invariance principles and the associated local transmittance and reflectance factors. Differential equations for reflectance and transmittance are developed, based on these local factors, and in turn are used in numerical computations of the re- flectance and transmittance factors for arbitrarily deep layers of water. Boundary conditions on the upper and lower surfaces of the layer are chosen so that the complete reflectance and the complete transmittance factors generate the irradiances of the appropriate light field. Numerical computations are based on real data for eight natural media. To study the dependence of the light field on extreme cases of the optical properties, two hypothetical cases are also
considered.
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Thesis
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Department of Mathematics
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.