Abstract

The geometrical-optics solution for the time-average surface-reflected energy received from a collimated beam of radiant energy normally incident on a rough ocean surface is developed. The received power is expressed as a function of the transmitter power, the height of the receiver aperture above the surface, the areas of the receiver and transmitter apertures, the distance between them, and the wind velocity and direction.

© 1968 Optical Society of America

Time-Average Power-Density Probability Distribution Below the Ocean Surface of a Beam of Collimated Optical Radiation Incident on the Surface*

J. P. J. W. Swennen
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 56(2) 224-229 (1966)

Diameter Optimization for Maximum Vertical Penetration of a Beam of Collimated Optical Radiation Normally Incident on the Ocean Surface

J. P. J. W. Swennen
Appl. Opt. 6(4) 737-740 (1967)

Time-Varying Reflection from Rotating Convex Surfaces*

Dean O. Carhoun
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 58(1) 41-47 (1968)

Reflection and Refraction of a Beam of Light at a Plane Interface

Helmut K. V. Lotsch
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 58(4) 551-561 (1968)

Radiance of Sea and Sky in the Infrared Window 800–1200 cm⁻¹

Peter M. Saunders
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 58(5) 645-652 (1968)