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A synthetic optical database generated by radiative transfer simulations in support of studies in ocean optics and optical remote sensing of the global ocean
Hubert Loisel
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Université du Littoral-Côte-d'Opale, Université Lille, CNRS, IRD, UMR 8187, LOG,
32 avenue Foch, Wimereux, France
Daniel Schaffer Ferreira Jorge
Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Université du Littoral-Côte-d'Opale, Université Lille, CNRS, IRD, UMR 8187, LOG,
32 avenue Foch, Wimereux, France
Rick A. Reynolds
Marine Physical Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0238, USA
Dariusz Stramski
Marine Physical Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0238, USA
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Studies of light fields in aquatic environments require data from radiative transfer simulations that are free of measurement errors. In contrast to previously published synthetic optical databases, the present database was created by simulations covering a broad range of seawater optical properties that exhibit probability distributions consistent with a global ocean dominated by open-ocean pelagic environments. This database is intended to support ocean color science and applications.
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