title: Multiple scattering of laser light from a turbid medium.
abstract: Through a controlled laboratory study, theoretical modeling was developed that accurately relates the reflectance of turbid water to the concentrations of suspended and dissolved materials; this modeling will be useful in quantitatively mapping pollutant concentrations in lakes and rivers through aerial photography. Laser light illuminated water containing both Teflon particles and black dye. Over a large range of concentrations of these scattering and absorbing materials, measured reflectance was successfully predicted by a multiple scattering analysis. (Single scatter analysis produced serious errors.) The theoretical development involved solving the radiative transport equation and accounted for correlated scattering from closely spaced particles.
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Granatstein
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rhinewine
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Feinstein
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mazurowski
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Piech