Lidar equation for ocean surface and subsurface
| dc.contributor.author | Josset, Damien | |
| dc.contributor.author | Zhai, Peng-Wang | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hu, Yongxiang | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pelon, Jacques | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lucker, Patricia L. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-17T17:57:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-17T17:57:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-10-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The lidar equation for ocean at optical wavelengths including subsurface signals is revisited using the recent work of the radiative transfer and ocean color community for passive measurements. The previous form of the specular and subsurface echo term are corrected from their heritage, which originated from passive remote sensing of whitecaps, and is improved for more accurate use in future lidar research. A corrected expression for specular and subsurface lidar return is presented. The previous formalism does not correctly address angular dependency of specular lidar return and overestimates the subsurface term by a factor ranging from 89% to 194% for a nadir pointing lidar. Suggestions for future improvements to the lidar equation are also presented. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work has been supported by NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) at NASA Langley Research Center administered by Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Science Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI) is greatly acknowledged for their support. We would like to thank the two anonymous reviewers for suggesting corrections and improvements to the manuscript. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-18-20-20862&id=205784 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 14 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2stvn-qk86 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Damien Josset, Peng-Wang Zhai, Yongxiang Hu, Jacques Pelon, and Patricia L. Lucker, "Lidar equation for ocean surface and subsurface," Opt. Express 18(20) (27 September 2010) 20862-20875. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.020862. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.020862 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/24991 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Optica | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Physics Department Collection | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) | |
| dc.rights | This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law. | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public Domain Mark 1.0 | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ | * |
| dc.title | Lidar equation for ocean surface and subsurface | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |
| dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4695-5200 | en_US |