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Application of Remote and In-situ Ocean Optical Measurements to Ocean Biogeochemistry

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Copies of Mobley and Preisendorfer will be distributed on CD at the beginning of the course. They're also available here on the web.

Preisendorfer, R.W. (1976). Hydrologic Optics. PMEL, NOAA. CD distributed in OOXVI by ONR.

Mobley, C.D. (1994). Light and Water. Academic Press, San Diego. CD distributed in OOXVII by ONR.

For those folks who love mathematics and applied electromagnetics:

Mishchenko, M.I., L.D. Travis, and A.A. Lacis (2002). Scattering, Absorption, and Emission of Light by Small Particles. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.



MATLAB Tutorials and Information

MATLAB tutorial from The Mathworks

http://www.math.ufl.edu/help/matlab-tutorial/

Pratap, R. (2005). Getting Started with MATLAB 7: A Quick Introduction for Scientists and Engineers. Oxford University Press, USA.

Hanselman, D.C, and B.L. Littlefield (2004). Mastering MATLAB 7. Prentice Hall, USA.




Ocean Optics Background Material and Research Papers

Roesler, C.S. and E. Boss (2007). "In situ measurement of inherent optical properties and potential for harmful algal bloom detection and coastal ecosystem observations" in Real-time Coastal Observing Systems for Marine Ecosystem Dynamics and Harmful Algal Blooms: Theory, Instrumentation and Modelling, Eds. M. Babin, C.S. Roesler and J.J. Cullen.

Tutorial given by E. Boss at Ocean Optics XVII (2004) Introduction Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Secchi talk

Marine Optics and Remote Sensing at Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche sur Mer

NASA Ocean Optics Protocols for Satellite Ocean Color Sensor Validation (PDF) Volume I Volume II Volume III Volume IV Volume IV Errata Volume V Volume VI Volume VI, Part 2


Previous Ocean Optics Courses

Ocean Optics Summer Course Series 2004

Spatio-Temporal Statistical Analysis of Multi-platform Optical Ocean Observations 2003

Optical Oceanography, DMC 2001

Optical Oceanography, Friday Harbor 1998