Scattering of Daylight in the Sea

C. L. Utterback; Wilhelm Jorgensen

doi:10.1364/JOSA.26.000257

Journal of the Optical Society of America
Vol. 26,
Issue 6,
pp. 257-259
(1936)
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Scattering of Daylight in the Sea

C. L. Utterback and Wilhelm Jorgensen

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Abstract

Measurements of the scattering and transmission of three spectral bands of visible solar radiation have been made in the San Juan Archipelago. Ratios of the scattered light to the transmitted light of each spectral band have been computed and the results shown graphically.

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	Blue. λ=4800A			Green. λ=5300A			Red. λ=6000A
Depth (meters)	Relative IntensityI	Log_eI	% ofIat 0.15 m	Relative IntensityI	Log_eI	% ofIat 0.15 m	Relative IntensityI	Log_eI	% ofIat 0.15 m
Downward Traveling Light
0.15	18500	9.83	100	72100	11.19	100	156000	11.96	100
5	6990	8.85	38	29300	10.29	41	15000	9.62	9.6
10	2620	7.87	14	11800	9.38	16	1980	7.59	1.3
15	992	6.90	5.4	4780	8.47	6.6	340	5.83	0.22
20	372	5.92	2.0	1920	7.56	2.7	73.2	4.29	0.047
25	141	4.95	0.76	781	6.66	1.1	19.9	2.99	0.013
30	—	—	—	321	5.77	0.44	6.17	1.82	0.0039
Upward Traveling Light
0.15	351	5.86	100	713	6.57	100	347	5.85	100
5	145	4.98	41	347	5.85	49	90.3	4.5	26
10	58.7	4.07	18	161	5.08	26	23.6	3.16	6.8
15	22.9	3.13	6.5	71.7	4.27	10	6.18	1.82	1.8
20	8.59	2.15	2.4	30	3.40	4.2	1.63	0.49	0.47
25	2.89	1.06	0.82	12.1	2.49	1.7	—	—	—
30	0.91	−0.09	0.26	4.81	1.57	0.67	—	—	—

	Percent of Transmitted Light
Depth (meters)	From Hulburt’s Data			From Atkins and Poole’s Data
Depth (meters)	4800A	5300A	6000A	4800A	5300A	6000A
0	100	100	100	100	100	100
10	85.8	78.7	19.2	23.3	20.8	10.7
20	73.5	61.9	3.7	5.4	4.3	1.1

	Blue. λ=4800A			Green. λ=5300A			Red. λ=6000A
Depth (meters)	Relative IntensityI	Log_eI	% ofIat 0.15 m	Relative IntensityI	Log_eI	% ofIat 0.15 m	Relative IntensityI	Log_eI	% ofIat 0.15 m
Downward Traveling Light
0.15	18500	9.83	100	72100	11.19	100	156000	11.96	100
5	6990	8.85	38	29300	10.29	41	15000	9.62	9.6
10	2620	7.87	14	11800	9.38	16	1980	7.59	1.3
15	992	6.90	5.4	4780	8.47	6.6	340	5.83	0.22
20	372	5.92	2.0	1920	7.56	2.7	73.2	4.29	0.047
25	141	4.95	0.76	781	6.66	1.1	19.9	2.99	0.013
30	—	—	—	321	5.77	0.44	6.17	1.82	0.0039
Upward Traveling Light
0.15	351	5.86	100	713	6.57	100	347	5.85	100
5	145	4.98	41	347	5.85	49	90.3	4.5	26
10	58.7	4.07	18	161	5.08	26	23.6	3.16	6.8
15	22.9	3.13	6.5	71.7	4.27	10	6.18	1.82	1.8
20	8.59	2.15	2.4	30	3.40	4.2	1.63	0.49	0.47
25	2.89	1.06	0.82	12.1	2.49	1.7	—	—	—
30	0.91	−0.09	0.26	4.81	1.57	0.67	—	—	—

	Percent of Transmitted Light
Depth (meters)	From Hulburt’s Data			From Atkins and Poole’s Data
Depth (meters)	4800A	5300A	6000A	4800A	5300A	6000A
0	100	100	100	100	100	100
10	85.8	78.7	19.2	23.3	20.8	10.7
20	73.5	61.9	3.7	5.4	4.3	1.1

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