CBLAST RU05 glider SAM data 02/02/06
Sampling map
Time-space coordination of glider and vertical profiling
Water type coordination
Vicarious calibration: backscattering VP glider =s1* – 0.003
Vicarious calibration: attenuation =ln(S1/S2)*0.88 – 0.28 VP glider
Glider SAM: 09/06-10/03 attenuation wind speed (m s -1 )
Glider SAM: 09/06-10/03 backscattering
Glider SAM: 09/06-10/03 b bp /c pg
Glider SAM: 09/06-10/03 bulk particulate refractive index np= *(bbp650/bp650)^0.582 Twardowski et al. 2001
Glider SAM: 09/06-10/03 bulk particle density rho=(np-1.03)/ Twardowski et al. 2004
Glider SAM: 09/06-10/03 visibility visibility=4.8/(cpg650* ) Zaneveld and Pegau 2001
Size distribution slope from current glider measurements…? Fig. 3. Depolarization ratio and nonsphericity index for a sample from 15 m in the western Atlantic, collected October 19, with slope of PSD? ECO-BB3 bbp(532,650) [unpolarized, S11] SAM bbp(650) [polarized, S11-S12]
Testing depolarization with VP data