Accession Number:

ADA551457

Title:

Improvements to the Hydrolight Radiative Transfer Model and Teaching at the 1998 Friday Harbor Optical Oceanography Course

Descriptive Note:

Annual rept.

Corporate Author:

SEQUOIA SCIENTIFIC INC MERCER ISLAND WA

Personal Author(s):

• Mobley, Curtis D.

Report Date:

1998-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

The goal of this work was to develop user-friendly, powerful radiative transfer software for research and teaching in optical oceanography. I believe that radiative transfer models are just as important a tool in optical oceanography as any instrument for measuring the optical properties of a water body. This work had the dual objectives of developing a version of my widely used HYDROLIGHT radiative transfer model that would run on personal computers PCs and then using the PC version as a core teaching tool in the University of Washingtons 1998 summer course in optical oceanography.

Descriptors:

• *EDUCATION
• *OCEANOGRAPHY
• *RADIATIVE TRANSFER
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• CORES
• HARBORS
• INSTRUMENTATION
• MEASUREMENT
• MICROCOMPUTERS
• OPTICAL ANALYSIS
• OPTICAL PROPERTIES
• TOOLS
• UNIVERSITIES
• USER FRIENDLY
• WATER

Subject Categories:

• Humanities and History
• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Thermodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE