HydroLight Radiative Transfer Numerical Model Brochure

Knowledge of the radiance distribution within and leaving a water body is a prerequisite for the solution of many problems in ocean color remote sensing, biological primary productivity, mixed-layer thermodynamics, and underwater visibility. Moreover, because radiance is the fundamental radiometric quantity, all other quantities of interest to optical oceanographers, such as various irradiances, K-functions, and reflectances, can be computed once the radiance is known.