Airborne LIDAR as a tool for estimating inherent optical properties

Charles Trees; Robert Arnone

doi:10.1117/12.920897

12 June 2012 Airborne LIDAR as a tool for estimating inherent optical properties

Charles Trees, Robert Arnone

Proceedings Volume 8372, Ocean Sensing and Monitoring IV; 83720N (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.920897
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2012, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

LIght Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) systems have been used most extensively to generate elevation maps of land, ice and coastal bathymetry. There has been space-, airborne- and land-based LIDAR systems. They have also been used in underwater communication. What have not been investigated are the capabilities of LIDARs to measure ocean temperature and optical properties vertically in the water column, individually or simultaneously. The practical use of bathymetric LIDAR as a tool for the estimation of inherent optical properties remains one of the most challenging problems in the field of optical oceanography. LIDARs can retrieve data as deep as 3-4 optical depths (e.g. optical properties can be measured through the thermocline for ~70% of the world's oceans). Similar to AUVs (gliders), UAV-based LIDAR systems will increase temporal and spatial measurements by several orders of magnitude. The LIDAR Observations of Optical and Physical Properties (LOOPP) Conference was held at NURC (2011) to review past, current and future LIDAR research efforts in retrieving water column optical/physical properties. This new observational platform/sensor system is ideally suited for ground truthing hyperspectral/geostationary satellite data in coastal regions and for model data assimilation.

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Charles Trees and Robert Arnone "Airborne LIDAR as a tool for estimating inherent optical properties", Proc. SPIE 8372, Ocean Sensing and Monitoring IV, 83720N (12 June 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.920897

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