Abstract

We solve an inverse problem of ocean optics for estimating spatially dependent absorption and scattering coefficients and for determining sources such as fluorescence, bioluminescence, or Raman scattering. The solution requires in situ measurement of the downward and upward plane irradiances and scalar irradiances and a priori estimation of the angular shape of the volume scattering function. Both an explicit algorithm and an implicit one are developed from new two-stream radiative-transfer equations that utilize an asymptotic radiance approximation to close the set of equations. A comparison of numerical tests for the two algorithms is given.

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