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Glossary

Optical Processes & Properties

Absorption

Absorption coefficient (a)

Apparent Optical Properties (AOPs)

Attenuation

Attenuation Coefficient, Beam (c)

Attenuation Coefficient, Diffuse (Kd)

Backscattering

Backscattering Coefficient (bb)

Downwelling

Fluorescence

Hyperspectral

Inherent Optical Properties (IOPs)

Irradiance (E)

Irradiance, Plane

Irradiance, Scalar

Multispectral

Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR)

Radiance (L)

Reflectance, Irradiance

Reflectance, Radiance

Reflectance, Remote Sensing

Scattering

Scattering Coefficient (b)

Spectral

Transmission

Turbidity

Upwelling

Volume Scattering Function (ß)

Instrumentation

Backscattering Meter

Collimation

Cosine Collector

Divergence

Field of View (FOV)

Fluorometer

Full Width Half Maximum (FWHM)

Hyperspectral

Multispectral

OBS (Optical Backscatter Sensor)

Radiometer

Turbidimeter

Scatterometer-Scattering Meter

SMA Connector

Spectral

Spectroradiometer

Transmissometer

 

Also see the Optical Oceanography Glossary prepared by N.J. McCormick and C.D. Mobley for the Comprehensive Dictionary of Physics (external link).
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