TY - JOUR
T1 - Light reflection from water waves
T2 - Suitable setup for a polarimetric investigation under controlled laboratory conditions
AU - Ottaviani, Matteo
AU - Stamnes, Knut
AU - Koskulics, Jeff
AU - Eide, Hans
AU - Long, Steven R.
AU - Su, Wenying
AU - Wiscombe, Warren
PY - 2008/5
Y1 - 2008/5
N2 - The reflection of sunlight from a wavy water surface, often referred to as sun glint, is a well-known phenomenon that presents challenges but also hitherto untapped opportunities in remote sensing based on satellite imagery. Despite being extensively investigated in the open ocean, sun glint lacks a fundamental characterization obtained under controlled laboratory conditions. A novel apparatus is presented, which is suitable for highly time-resolved measurements of light reflection from different computer-controlled wave states, with special emphasis on the detection of the polarization components. Such a system can help establish a link between the evanescent "atomic glints" from a single wave facet and the familiar sunglint pattern obtained by time averaging over a surface area containing many facets.
AB - The reflection of sunlight from a wavy water surface, often referred to as sun glint, is a well-known phenomenon that presents challenges but also hitherto untapped opportunities in remote sensing based on satellite imagery. Despite being extensively investigated in the open ocean, sun glint lacks a fundamental characterization obtained under controlled laboratory conditions. A novel apparatus is presented, which is suitable for highly time-resolved measurements of light reflection from different computer-controlled wave states, with special emphasis on the detection of the polarization components. Such a system can help establish a link between the evanescent "atomic glints" from a single wave facet and the familiar sunglint pattern obtained by time averaging over a surface area containing many facets.
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U2 - 10.1175/2007JTECHA1049.1
DO - 10.1175/2007JTECHA1049.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:45849119120
SN - 0739-0572
VL - 25
SP - 715
EP - 728
JO - Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
JF - Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
IS - 5
ER -