1. CBLAST RU05 glider SAM data 02/02/06

2. Sampling map

3. Time-space coordination of glider and vertical profiling

4. Water type coordination

5. Vicarious calibration: backscattering VP glider =s1*0.00002 – 0.003

6. Vicarious calibration: attenuation =ln(S1/S2)*0.88 – 0.28 VP glider

7. Glider SAM: 09/06-10/03 attenuation wind speed (m s -1 )

8. Glider SAM: 09/06-10/03 backscattering

9. Glider SAM: 09/06-10/03 b bp /c pg

10. Glider SAM: 09/06-10/03 bulk particulate refractive index np=1+1.671*(bbp650/bp650)^0.582 Twardowski et al. 2001

11. Glider SAM: 09/06-10/03 bulk particle density rho=(np-1.03)/0.15+1.1 Twardowski et al. 2004

12. Glider SAM: 09/06-10/03 visibility visibility=4.8/(cpg650*1.18 +0.081) Zaneveld and Pegau 2001

13. 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, 2005. with slope of PSD? ECO-BB3 bbp(532,650) [unpolarized, S11] SAM bbp(650) [polarized, S11-S12]

14. Testing depolarization with VP data