The ocean is the main heat reservoir in Earth's climate system, absorbing most of the top-of-
the-atmosphere excess radiation. As the climate warms, anomalously warm and fresh ocean …

Light scattering by pure water and seawater is a fundamental optical property that plays a
critical role in ocean optics and ocean color studies. We briefly review the theory of …

The volume scattering functions for bulk and two submicron size fractions (passing through
0.7 μm GF/F and 0.2 μm membrane filters) were measured in the North Pacific Ocean using …

This paper is a review of lidar remote sensing of the aquatic environment. The optical
properties of seawater relevant to lidar remote sensing are described. The three main …

Brillouin-based LiDAR is an alternative remote sensing technique for measuring the
distribution profiles of temperature, salinity, and sound speed in the upper ocean mixed …

We derived the angular response function (W_N) for scattering sensors that automatically
satisfies the normalization criterion and its corresponding weight (W_T). W_N's, derived for …

The recently commercialized LISST-VSF instrument measures the volume scattering
function (VSF) from 0.1° to 15° with a traditional laser diffraction unit (LISST) and from 15° to …

Background: Biogeochemical-Argo floats are collecting an unprecedented number of
profiles of optical backscattering measurements in the global ocean. Backscattering (BBP) …

Volume scattering functions were measured using two instruments in waters near the Ocean
Station Papa (50° N 145° W) and show consistency in estimating the χ factor attributable to …

Measurements of particulate organic carbon (POC) are critical for understanding the ocean
carbon cycle, including biogenic particle formation and removal processes, and for …