NASA ~~ CRI) 5 FO
oe
CAd
Ab
V }
\
aA emia Pel >
(aoa ;
, ig
PN AE Se
fh NAS SE OR
f <
/ { PAD
{ ; , - 2
; \ Vine t ie |
ry VEU Ad! {
\
ei { ddan
~~
Sk
sponsor By
"EARTH SURVEY OFFICE
ELECTRONICS RESEARCH CENTER
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS
“AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
:
Held At
~ woos HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
WOODS HOLE, MASSACHUSETTS
>
ane»
.
(aaa
A ee >
= “2
¢ Phobeog TOEO g
HANNE
IOHM/Taiy
j
i
THE COLOR OF THE OCEAN
Report of the Conference
on August 5-6, 1969
Sponsored by
Earth Survey Office
Electronics Research Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Held at the
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Compiled by
William I. Thompson, III
Harth Survey Office
Electronics Research Center
THE COLOR OF THE OCEAN
Contents
Conference Participants ......
TH OMCW OM Carrell Tc Wie itenGtel mie eM eiMnotN reli Pek fiolll isi) Sellllel Felli Uhelwieay ot eyitolirnels Ke
Summary ComelmesiGima 34 6 ob jlo Mob bo 8 Vo ol obo. olohs ooo ale
IRREFNORAKGL AN ILI yRei Go) Sh lida ech | cere cos MOWichu eh oa tac Hl NGLNOl ween cr nOn sDeOsketce ie igite
Roswell Austin, Some Observations on Water Color on the .
Continental Shelf
Maurice Blackburn, Applications to Fishery Oceanography .. .
Myron Block, New Instrumentation Concepts .
CSOrGe CAPE ‘oo 6 6 0 ofo) oo) 6 oo! 0 6 6:0 oo 8 oo 6 6
G, tho CGilawrkes Gs Co yale, ehael Co dip Monster 5 o
Spectral Measurements from Aircraft of Back-
seattered Light from the Sea in Relation to
Chlorophyll Concentration as a Possible Index
of Productivity
MLE Teel, ComrGGl Ss 6...0) oe Ho valiioulie cael ta) “oy%oa 108 bo) Bo)! lol oo
IRaLrelony DISNEY a! 4 .! 5 Lo OMG MIB Gn G) Ou Ge LGNta Gueaieoulalcs lan ed
Calbia Ors CAE Walid Seno memunayi roputouive leaves ne peeliitae con! uletliell Norn coutMoeresnih tours pettrel stele ce
PENN EISEN) io SG) 1o (AG aor ool Gi dao! o 6) Bo 6.6) 0 6) 6 6 Oko
IRUNClOULolal ILIA 5G 5G) S00) 6 0 0 OO 0 OO 6 6 6 8
GEOR ReMHUE DICTA merous || lollies a esl Naveuetil cays l-ciave deste Pole tisutrehulcel syresalrsunusibren \seinronaite
ING) Go VEPIOW 66 65 6 6 0 66 6 6 66 6.0 0 016 oO 60. 6 00 0
Mahlon Kelly, Aerial Photography for Study of Near-Shore ....
Biotic Distributions Distributions
Meonard Wate be rman 74 versus a yeniegeielatenn vel) beer Lireintgtasteaiioel el favel (ts
aa
10-1
Contents (Continued)
C. J. Lorenzen, The Biological Significance of Surface
Chlorophyll Measurements
Peyoul MEISE 5 5°56 6 5 4.0.6 00.6 610.60 0056.90.00
William Merrell, Apollo Photography and Multisensor .
Aircraft Data
RaL@laguecl INEMMISEN 5 o 6 6.6 6 6106.06 0600 6156 000
iome@dlcl ROSS 6 0156 6 0000050006010 0000 5.0
Pewee Sewmclers 5 6 5 060 60 6 06 6 0.05 6 6.6 6 5 Oo fo
JOlava SINE o o 6 G6 010 0 0 0 0:0 6 010 659.6 0.0.0
Raymoac Simba oo 6.50 666 6 0 6 66006 0.600000
INojoeIee SOEs ooo 9 60 6 6 0 O00 6 6 6 6'G oo 6
Moaelasinn SHesoiaeia oo 5 61610 4 6196610100 6 6 o..0
Noes Suysel o 4 o oo 6 60 6 Go 5 616 016 O16 6
escigalin Sree’ 6° 6 Go 5 0 0 0 6 0.00 0 0 6.6 9 6 0 0
QO. Lyle Tiffany,
Nolan UyAleie 5 6.
Morris Weinberg,
Peter White ..
Charles Yentsch
Preliminary
Notes on Thermal Mapping and
Multispectral Sensing in Oceanography... .
Ocean Irradiance Measurements Using an Inter-
TeioMecere Soe GAmMawSie 5 6 6 6 6 066 6 65 0
e ° ° ° e ° ° ° e ° ° ° e e ° e e e ° ° ° e
So IX leslie eyacl Co So liaciela, MN Waoceerccholanle 4 5 4
Means of Obtaining Monochromatic Spectra of Marine Algae
L. E. DeMarsh, Color Film as an Abridged ....
Spectral Radiometer
slesieele
15-1
ilio=al
17-1
18-1
19-1
20-1
eaeal
POR
2B
2a
25-1
26-1
27-1
28-1
29-1
30-1
31-1
31-2
31-5
THE COLOR OF THE OCEAN
August 5-6, 1969
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Participants
Raymond Alfaya
Science Engineering Research Group
Long Island University
P.O. Box 400
Greenvale, N. Y. 11548
Roswell Austin
Visibility Laboratory
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
San Diego, Calif. 92152
Maurice Blackburn
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
La Jolla, Calif. 92037
Myron Block
Block Engineering, Inc.
19 Blackstone St.
Cambridge, Mass. 02109
George L. Clarke
Harvard Biological Laboratory
18 Divinity Ave.
Cambridge, Mass. 02138
Alfred Conrod
Experimental Astronomy Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
265 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, Mass. 02139
Kirby Drennan
U.S. Fish & Wildlife
239 Frederick St.
Pascagoula, Miss. 39567
Gifford C. Ewing
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, Mass. 02543
Frank Hebard
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
75 Virginia Beach Dr.
Miami, Fla. 33149
ay
Rudolph Hollman
Dept. of Meteorology and Oceanography
New York University
Bronx, N. Y. 10468
George Huebner
Dept. of Oceanography
Texas A & M. University
College Station, Tex. 77843
N. G. Jerlov
Dept. of Physical Oceanography
University of Copenhagen
Dénmark
Mahlon G. Kelly
Dept. of Biology
New York University
University Heights, N. Y. 10453
Glenn Larson
Electronics Research Center
National Aeronautics and Space Admin.
575 Technology Square
Cambridge, Mass. 02139
Leonard N. Liebermann
Dept. of Physics
University of California, San Dieqgo
La Jolla, Calif. 92038
Carl Lorenzen
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, Mass. 02543
Paul Maughan
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
C Between 18th & 19th NW
Washington, D. C. 20001
William J. Merrell, Jr.
Dept. of Oceanography
Texas A & M University
College Station, Tex. 77843
Michael Miller
Electronics Research Center
National Aeronautics and Space Admin.
575 Technology Square
Cambridge, Mass. 02139
Richard €. Ramsey
TRW Systems
One Space Park
Redondo Beach, Calif. 90278
Donald Ross
Philco-Ford Corp., WDL Division
3825 Fabian Way
Palo Alto, Calif. 94303
Peter M. Saunders
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, Mass. 02543
John D. Sherman II]
Spacecraft Oceanography Project Office
Naval Oceanographic Office
Washington, D. C. 20390
Raymond C. Smith
Visibility Laboratory
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
San Diego, Calif. 92152
Robert Spiers
Lanagley Research Center
National Aeronautics and Space Admin.
Hampton, Va. 23365
Joachim Stephan
Battelle Institute
505 King Ave.
Columbus, Ohio 43201
Robert E. Stevenson
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Galveston, Texas 7/7550
Martin J. Swetnick
National Aeronautics and Space Admin.
Office of Space Applications
Washington, D. C. 20546
0. Lyle Tiffany
Aerospace Systems Divisio-
Bendix Corporation
3300 Plymouth Rd.
Ann Arbor, Michigan 4w¥&los
John Tyler
Visibility Laboratory
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
San Diego, Calif. 92152
Morris Weinberg
Block Engineering, Inc.
19 Blackstone St.
Cambridge, Mass. 02109
Peter G. White
Electronic Systems Dept.
TRW Systems
One Snace Park
Redondo Reach, Calif. 90278
Charles Yentsch
Nova University
College Ave.
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 33314
FOREWORD
In our invitation to the conference, "The Color of the Ocean," which
was held in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, on the 5th and 6th of August, 1969,
we described the topics to be considered as follows:
1. Upwelling radiance of the ocean with special reference
to color. Applications to physical oceanography and
to biological problems, including primary productivity,
fisheries, pollution, currents, bottom studies, etc.
2. The physical basis of upward radiance, scattering and
absorption in the sea.
3. Instrumentation, data reduction and interpretation.
We explained that our eventual goal was to use spectrophotometry and
photography as an aid in aerial and satellite reconnaissance of the ocean
to locate distinct water masses and areas of high biological productivity.
This report presents the remarks and presentations given at the
conference as well as papers and thoughts contributed by the participants
after the meeting.
George L. Clarke
Professor of Biology, Harvard University
Associate in Marine Biology,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Gifford C. Ewing
Senior Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
vi
SUMMARY CONCLUSION
Recognizing that a series of earth resources technology satellites
will be orbited in the early 1970's, this conference recommends that the
quantitative measurement of the color of the oceans should be one of the
prime objectives of one or more of the on-board remote detection systems.
We believe that such measurements, in addition to differentiating
between water masses, will assist in the assessment of oceanic biological
productivity, bottom topography and related hazards to navigation, coastal
ecology of the bottom biota, and certain kinds of waterpollution. Such
an assessment is essential to management of oceanic resources on a national
and world-wide basis.
lt is recommended that:
1. The satellite color measurement system meet the following
resolution specifications:
|] mile spatially
100 angstrom spectrally
10 days temporally
The required sensitivity will vary over fairly wide limits, being lowest
over coastal areas and highest over the high seas. Color contrasts to be
found over the open ocean are exceedingly small and are further degraded by
atmospheric transmission. Although further investigation will be needed to
specify the required sensitivity with certainty, present indications are that
this is physically attainable and can be achieved in the next few years by
reasonable advancement of the art. More detailed recommendations of
specifications are presented in the conference review publication.
Val at
2, A substantial "ground truth" program of measurement must be
instituted promptly which is primarily aimed at the understanding of the
eauses and interpretation of ocean color, and how this is degraded by
atmospheric scattering and by surface, waves, foam and glitter. This
must be so planned that meaningful correlations will come from the data
acquired during the experimental orbital missions.
SUPPLEMENTAL REFERENCES
Oceanography from Space. Ed. by G. C. Hwing.
POG ng Lee Coit > (Oia Was WMSesalloaliliwy Ot) CoOlchwuie wiiage
Oceanographic Explorations from Aircraft,
Manned Orbital and Lunar Laboratories, Woods
Hole, Mass., 24-28 Aug. 1964.
OCSAMS stieON SOECSs Ila ly Bo Ge Bacheileyy.
Ing NEO TEiicl Iho Clases 5, eOe> Oi Sy\moOsSaviian
on Status of Knowledge, Critical Research Needs,
and Potential Research Facilities Relating to the
Study of the Oceans from Space, Houston, Tex.,
GwL® Puls COs 4 L69.
Bailey, J. S. and P. G. White, (1969), Remote
sensing of ocean color, Advances in Instrumentation,
Wolk, Qa a Aes S46 NUNS JNeeSeSsaloral Number A70-18592.
WalaL al
Raymond Alfaya
Science Engineering Research Group
Long Island University
Greenvale, New York
This group is engaged in remote sensing research, in the area
of multispectral color aerial photography. They have develoned their
own four-lens multispectral aerial camera which simultaneously exposes
four spatially identical black and white negatives through different
optical filters. Using a specially designed additive color viewer, a
corresponding set of four black and white positives are combined, by
superposed projection, to produce an additive color display. Because
this technique permits precise, independent control of the many
individual variables in photography and viewing, it can distinguish subtle
differences in the spectral reflectance of land and water masses, which
are far too small to be detected by conventional color films. The
group has also developed radiometric instrumentation and techniques for
measuring reflectance spectra of ground and water taraet objects, to
obtain the ground truth which is required for proper support of
quantitative multispectral photography.
NEST EA
Roswell Austin
Visibility Laboratory
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Professional interests have been in the optical properties of
the atmospheric and oceanic environments and their measurement.
Main current interests are in the study of the visibility of submerged
objects as seen from above, the assessment of sea state by the deter-
mination of the fractional area of the sea surface covered by white
water, and the determination and subsequent removal of atmospheric
transmission effects in the remote optical sensing of properties of
the ocean surface.
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON WATER COLOR
ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF
R. W. Austin
NOTE: The original presentation relied heavily upon colored photographs
obtained from Gemini and Apollo space missions and by the
author from surface vessels. The following is considerably modi-
fied and abbreviated as it is not feasible to use color printing in
these proceedings.
The author had the opportunity to make observations and measure-
ments from a surface vessel along the very extensive continental shelf
bordering the eastern coast of Asia from the Yellow Sea to the South China
Sea. Subjective determinations were made of water color and physical
measurements were made of the attenuation of the natural (diffuse) light
field in the water and of the reflectance of the water (ratio of the upwell-
ing to the downwelling illuminances). Information was obtained at over
50 locations.
Space photographs show marked local variations in water color,
and presumably other optical properties, over small horizontal distances
in the areas seaward from the mouths of rivers for many miles. Some of
these rivers carry large quantities of silts having strong colorations. The
measurements made from the surface vessel many miles from the coast
confirmed the existence of many areas having higher than usual water re-
flectance values and concomitant high values of attenuation.
The diffuse attenuation coefficient, K, was plotted against
the water reflectance, Ry/p and a definite correlation was obtained
between the two properties with the clearer (low attenuation co-
efficient) waters having generally low reflectance values and the
turbid waters (high attenuation coefficient) generally showed higher
reflectances. Figure 1 shows the defining relationships for K and
Ru/pD- Figure 2 shows the relationship between the two properties
and, additionally, shows that a correlation existed between these
two parameters and the water color as subjectively determined by
two observers.
2-9
9)
)
)
3)
2)
1)
“L aansTa
(-'2)3 Z‘H1d3d
- a/n
(+'2)4 a 001
101
zy-9 (-‘0)3 = (-’ Z)3 201 (z)3
e0l
(Iz - 2z)y- 2 -‘!z)a = -"2z)3 Ol
(gee eh Cela :
(Edam (dele Capes ('z)a
(-‘2)3V MN ZV
zp (-'z)ay- = (-'z)3P (-‘2)3
(-'z)3- (-’ZV+ Z)3 = (-'Z)4V |
°2Z amnesty
(,-w)°y “LN3144309 NOILVANILLV 3SN4siG
eet ey A De een Heceeere eel Yseee eco |. I" 6080" 40° 90° SO"
(sauo) jy31]) -N33UD ¥
(sauo) wnipew) - NJ3ZU9-3INIG =
(sauo) yiep) - 3N1d
SUILVM TWLSWOD Jd1IVd NYILSIM
yo709 aaloarans any ‘9/"y ‘Sy NaaM13@ dIHSNOILV 134
(-'2)3
(+'Z)3
O/Ny ‘39NVL9397434
2-5
Maurice Blackburn
Scripps Tuna Oceanography Research Program,
Institute of Marine Resources,
Seripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California 92037
My work is oriented to fishery oceanography. It involves the study of
relations between pelagic fishes, their food supply, and the standing
stock of chlorophyll. Examples are given in the abstract of my presen-
tation, entitled "Applications to Fishery Oceanography".
Applications to fishery oceanography
What is the use of surface chlorophyll measurements in specifying and under-
standing the distribution of surface fish? I propose to answer this question by
giving the results of some of my own recent studies.
During the years 1964-1966 I made a detailed study of the ecology of two
species of tropical tuna along the west coast of Baja California, where these
species occur from about June to December in each year. The results are in press
in the Fishery Bulletin of the U.S. Fish and Wildiife Service. The following
four figures show the main results. Hach figure shows: the surface isotherm
at 20° C., below which temperature these tunas rarely occur; the area of maxi-
mum standing stock of surface chlorophyll a; the area of maximum standing stock
of the pelagic crab Pleuroncodes planipes, which in this area is the primcipal
consumer of phytoplankton and the principal species that the tuna eat; and the
areas in which tuna were caught by the fishermen.
Figure 1 shows the situation off western Baja California at an early
stage in the tuna season, such as July, or August in a cold year. The seasonal
upwelling regime has begun to decay, whereby some waters have surface temperatures
at or over 20° C., and tropical tunas can enter the area. Tongues of upwelled
water protrude offshore from the coastal upwelling centers. They are rich in
chlorophyll and herbivorous crabs, but too cold for tropical tunas (< ZO” Cs)
except at the edges. On the other hand the warmer waters, where the temperatures
are suitable for the tunas, are relatively poor in chlorophyll and tuna food.
The tunas, therefore, are found at the boundary between the warm blue biologi-
cally poor water and the cool green biologically rich water, and not elsewhere.
Figure 2 shows the same area at a later stage, such as August in a warm
year, when the tongues of upwelled water have become much warmer although they
are still richer in chlorophyll and herbivores than any other waters. Tunas
are now found in the middle of the tongues as well as along the edges, exploiting
the richest areas of forage without any restriction imposed by unsuitable sur-
face temperature. They are not found in the equally warm areas where biologi-
cal material is scarce, however.
Later still, as in September (Figure 3), tongues of upwelled water can no
longer be recognized by their surface temperature, but they can still be recognized
by their relatively high content of surface chlorophyll and herbivores. Tunas
are found in these food-rich areas, and not elsewhere, although surface tem-
peratures are suitable (> 20° C.) everywhere.
Figure 4 shows the situation late in the tuna season (November), when all
signs of upwelling have disappeared; thermal and biological conditions are
rather uniform and suitable for tunas over large areas, and tuna occurrences
are scattered through these areas. Later still, temperatures become unfavor-
ably low throughout the whole area, and the tunas retreat to the tropics.
In Figures 1 and 2 the areas of low temperature (< 20° C.) and high
chlorophyll were broadly congruent, so that distribution of tuna food and tunas
could perhaps have been specified from data on temperature only; but in Figures
3 and 4 these distributions could not have been specified from temperature data,
although they could have been specified from chlorophyll data.
These studies supported a hypothesis, for which there was previous
evidence as well, that two main ocean properties determine the distribution of
tuna (and possibly other pelagic fish) at any particular time: namely
2-5
temperature, which sets limits of total range, and food supply, which determines
the patchy distribution within the range limits. They also showed that surface
chlorophyll is distributed like the tunas' supply off Baja California, and
could therefore be used to specify areas in which tunas would be expected to
occur (provided temperatures were suitable).
One might expect less close relationships between distributions of surface
chlorophyll and tuna food in other areas, where tunas are known to eat a greater
variety of species, many of which are not herbivores. Nevertheless I have data,
from cruises made at different seasons over a large area of the eastern tropical
Pacific on EASTROPAC expeditions, which show that surface chlorophyll may be a
good estimator of tuna forage, even in those situations. Figures 5 and 6, for
opposite seasons, show the distribution of the standing stock of animals that
skipjack tuna eat, in two different ways: as actually observed, and as esti-
mated from a regression on surface chlorophyll measured at the same time and
place. The agreement is at least fair: with more data and more understanding,
it could probably be much improved.
These remarks give an idea of what it may be possible to accomplish with
a large and regular coverage of sea surface chlorophyll, such as might be
obtained from aircraft or a satellite — namely, the ability to specify at
short notice the areas of maximum concentration of food of tunas, and thus of
the tunas themselves, and possibly the same for other kinds of pelagic fish.
It may be more efficient to estimate the fish-food distributions from chlorophyll
distributions, than to measure them directly. In many situations, data on sur-
face temperature would be required as well.
3-4
Legends for M. Blackburn's Figures
Fig. 1. Distribution of tropical tuna and environmental properties off
Baja California: the situation early in the tuna season, when
tongues of biologically rich upwelled waters are too cold for
the tunas except at the edges.
Fig. 2. Distribution of tropical tuna and environmental properties off
Baja California: the situation later in the tuna season, when
tongues of biologically rich upwelled waters are warm enough for
tunas to penetrate.
Fig. 3. Distribution of tropical tuna and environmental properties off
Baja California: a later situation, like Fig. 2 except that
the tongue of biologically rich upwelled water is not shown by
the temperature.
Fig. 4. Distribution of tropical tuna and environmental properties off
Baja California: the situation late in the tuna season when
no signs of upwelling remain.
Fig. 5. Skipjack tuna forage on EASTROPAC Expedition, August-September
1967, in ml./1,000 m2: (Above) as observed in net hauls;
(Below) as estimated from a regression on surface chlorophyll.
Fig. 6. Skipjack tuna forage on EASTROPAC Expedition, February-March
WQS. alia, m1. /1,000 me: (Above) as observed in net hauls;
(Below) as estimated from a regression on surface chlorophyll.
5=5
CRUISE TO-64-2
AUGUST 1964
» LAZARO
MAGDALENA
BAY
a YELLOWFIN TUNA eos
A SKIPJACK TUNA dD a
e BOTH TUNA SPP.
SURFACE TEMPERATURE, °C.
Pitti RED CRAB, > 40ML./10°M.
eon SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL, > 0.2 MG./M.
Figure 1.
3-6
POINT SAN EUGENIO
CRUISE TO-59-2
AUGUST 1959
< 20°
SAN PABLO POINT
ABREOJOS POINT
Ps YELLOWFIN TUNA
SKIPJACK TUNA
° BOTH TUNA SPP.
SURFACE TEMPERATURE, °C.
aeeeen RED CRAB, > 40ML./10°M.-
siiieisriit SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL, > 0.05 MG./M.
Figure 2,
I= 7
RA i ie RNAI ASNT 28°
\ CRUISE TO-65-] }
a
SEPTEMBER 1965
\
YY
, ]
\ |
26°
\ ( ip ]
CG
: ]
\
| \ ]
/ CAPE SAN \
LAZARO ey
MAGDALENA |
BAY |
POINT Ns \ j
er
7
rT YELLOWFIN TUNA oo
A SKIPJACK TUNA 1
r BOTH TUNA SPP.
SURFACE TEMPERATURE, °C. |
LT RED CRAB, > 40 ML./10°M.
SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL, > 0.2 MG./M.”
: — a ee eee 21°
109°
ee 28
y N.
POINT SAN EUGENIO Sy CRUISE TO-66-1
<20°T fh | ‘ NOVEMBER 1966
ok >
2 yo, SAN PABLO POINT
E hit POINT %
Ro
~s
°o
mh
(=p)
°
EEEEELLY CAPE SAN
Baas 3 sa LAZARO
MAGDALENA
Ro
w
°
a YELLOWFIN TUNA
A SKIPJACK TUNA
e
BOTH TUNA SPP.
SURFACE TEMPERATURE, °C.
bhttt RED CRAB, > 40 ML./10°M.”
nreteehntte SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL, > 0.1 MG./M.
SS Se SS OS OS SS Oe ES Ee ee
116° W. WKS 114° 113° 112° 11° 110° 109°
TTT
120° Mek 190 aia 3
WHAT
wesc sssepetlll
CIE
&
iS
fo}
ro
> Id ARIMA AAG A
n
fo}
]
<
130° 79°,
20°
aa 10°
o o
1o° 10°
20° | : 20°
130° 120° 110° 100° 90° 80° 70°
Myron Block
Block Engineering, Inc.
19 Blackstone Street
Cambridge, Mass.
New instrumentation concepts have been developed at Block that
can have usefulness for oceanography.
1. Fourier transformation spectroscopy -- 10,900 times improvement
over former techniques of spectral measurement.
2. Remote Raman spectroscopy technique -- quantitative high-
resolution spectroscopy of gases and liquids. Uses pulsed laser light
of certain pulse length, range gates the data, then does spectroscopy
on return signal, measures parts/million of chemical composition.
3. Technique to measure daytime fluorescence without seeing the
effects of sunlight in same spectral region.
4. Currently we are tying all this into a system called ''digilab"' --
computerized outputs of all sensors with operator using teletype input.
For example, in interferometric spectrometry the system operates by
"closed loop'' instrumentation, i.e., the system calibrates itself,
wavelength scale is plotted, optimization takes place.
We need to know something about depolarization of light in sea
water.
4-1
George L. Clarke
Associate in Marine Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
and Prof. of Biology, Harvard University.
My special interest is in the application of light measurements
to the biological problems of the sea. Light in the ocean is derived
from the sun, the moon, and the sky, and also from the luminescent dis-
charge of many kinds of marine organisms. The conditions of light in
the sea control the growth of the primary plant producers and influence
the behavior of many oceanic animals. The absorption, scattering, and
spectral distribution of daylight passing through the water are modi-
fied by dissolved and particulate matter, both living and non-living.
Our present investigations are concerned with measurements from ship
and aircraft of the spectrum of light back-scattered from beneath the
surface. Changes in the spectra in space and time are under scrutiny
as means for delineating water masses, detecting pollution, and evaluat-
ing chlorophyll abundance as an index of productivity. A summary of our
recent work on this subject is presented in this publication.
Reprinted from Science,
167,
(1970)
Copyright 1970 by the American Association
for the Advancement of Science
Reports
Spectra of Backscattered Light from the Sea Obtained
from Aircraft as a Measure of Chlorophyll Concentration
Abstract. Spectra of sun and skylight backscattered from the sea were obtained
from a low-flying aircraft and were compared with measurements of chlorophyll
concentration made from shipboard at the same localities and at nearly the same
times. Increasing amounts of chlorophyll were found to be associated with a rela-
tive decrease in the blue portion of the spectra and an increase in the green.
Anomalies in the spectra show that factors other than chlorophyll also affect the
water color in some instances; these factors include other biochromes, suspended
sediment, surface reflection, polarization, and air light.
The penetration of daylight into the
sea is of fundamental significance in
the oceanic ecosystem because it con-
trols the growth of the primary plant
producers and the behavior patterns of
many marine animals. Previous investi-
gations have revealed great variation
in the rates of light penetration due to
differences in amounts and kinds of
materials in the water. In addition, the
spectral composition of the light be-
neath the surface is altered by differ-
ential absorption and scattering due to
the water itself, and also to whatever
dissolved and particulate matter (both
living and nonliving) may be present
(1). Because chlorophyll affects the
spectrum in a characteristic way and
because it is associated with living
plants, spectral measurements of chlo-
rophyll concentration may be used as
an index of the amount of phytoplank-
ton present. Regions with high phyto-
plankton abundance can support large
populations of herbivores and of suc-
cessive links in the animal food chain,
many of which are of economic impor-
tance to man. Thus, abundant chloro-
phyll indicates the presence of a po-
tentially productive area (2).
The spectral changes imposed on the
downwelling daylight by natural waters
and by the materials in them have been
measured by lowering an upward-
directed spectrometer in a watertight
case to various depths (3). The up-
welling, or backscattered, light that can
be measured by employing the spec-
trometer in the inverted position is
20 FEBRUARY 1970
found to have its spectrum similarly
modified by its passage through the
water. A portion of the backscattered
light escapes upward through the sur-
face, where it has been recorded by an
inverted spectrometer suspended above
the water from a ship and from air-
craft (4). Allowance must be made for
light reflected from the ocean surface
10
4
9 1 — 600 ft
2 — 1000 ft
3 — 2000 ft
4 — 5000 ft
5 — 10,000 ft
Percent of incident light
ES ee joel ena weeere
400 450 500 550 600 650
Wavelength (nm)
Fig. 1. Upwelling light as received at the
indicated altitudes at Station S (Fig. 2)
east of Cape Cod, 26 August 1968 be-
tween 1345 and 1512 hours, E.D.T.
5-2
itself or scattered by the stratum of air
above the water.
The possibility thus exists that spec-
tral measurements of backscattered
light can be used to delineate water
masses, to trace currents, and to deter-
mine the abundance of chlorophyll,
pollutants, or other significant materials
in the water. Because measurements
from aircraft or spacecraft can be
made over extensive areas much more
rapidly than from ships, they are
especially suited to the study of small-
scale, rapidly varying distributions of
oceanic properties (5). Tests of some
of these possibilities are reported here
for water masses of widely different
known chlorophyll concentrations off
the New England coast.
During the summers of 1967 and
1968, records of the spectrum of back-
scattered light from the ocean have been
made from our research vessel Craw-
ford and our C-54-Q research aircraft.
The spectrometer used was designed
by Peter White of TRW Systems, Inc.,
and described by L. A. Gore (6). R. C.
Ramsey of TRW operated the instru-
ment and took part in the reduction of
the data and in the interpretation of the
results.
The TRW spectrometer is an electro-
optical sensor of the off-plane Ebert
type with an RCA 7265 (S-20 response)
photomultiplier. The spectral range is
400 to 700 nm with a spectral reso-
lution of 5 to 7.5 nm, a scan time of 1.2
seconds, and a field of view of 3° by
0.5°. A continuous curve of the spec-
trum is provided by a Sanborn re-
corder for each scan. The spectrum of
the incident light from the sun and sky
was determined before and after each
series of measurements by recording
the light reflected from a horizontally
placed Eastman Kodak “gray card”
with a nonselective reflectivity of 18
percent. A series of tests was made to
detect changes in the spectral distribu-
tion of incident light during the 3
hours before and after noon due to
changes in the sun’s altitude and to
changes in sky conditions from clear
to light cloudiness. Changes found were
not great enough to affect significantly
our investigation of the differences in
backscattered light from the ocean. By
taking advantage of the fact that light
reflected from a plane surface at Brew-
ster’s angle (approximately 53° from
vertical incidence for normal sea
water) is plane polarized with its vibra-
tion plane perpendicular to the plane
of incidence, we could reduce the light
1119
received as reflection from the water
surface. We placed a polarizing filter,
oriented at right angles to the major
axis of polarization, over the receiving
aperture of the spectrometer and tilted
the instrument at Brewster’s angle (di-
tected away from the sun).
When we operated the spectrometer
from our C-54-Q research aircraft, the
signal that we wished to measure,
namely, the spectrum of the light back-
scattered from beneath the sea surface,
was sometimes difficult to detect be-
cause of interference from “noise”
caused not only by surface reflection
but also by “air light.” Air light is light
that has been scattered to the instru-
ment by the air and by material in the
air between the sea surface and the
aircraft. As the altitude of observation
increases, the area of the sea from
which light can enter the instrument
enlarges, reaching the dimensions of
about 52 by 9 feet (16 by 3 m) at 1000
feet (305 m). Smaller irregularities in
surface reflection or in the nature of the
seawater will be averaged out. At the
same time interference from air light
will increase with altitude because of
the greater path length through the
atmosphere. The curves shown in Fig.
1 were taken at altitudes ranging from
600 to 10,000 feet (183 to 3048 m) over
an area east of Cape Cod (Station S,
Fig. 2), where the water was 200 m
deep and the estimated chlorophyll
content, although not measured at the
time, was probably about 0.6 mg/m?.
As altitude increased, the values for
upwelling light received increased
markedly and regularly in all parts of
the spectrum. The remainder of the
measurements reported here were made
at an altitude of 1000 feet (305 m).
Representative spectral measure-
ments obtained over water with high
chlorophyll content (about 4 mg/m',
Buzzards Bay), with low chlorophyll
content (about 0.3 mg/m%, north of
the Gulf Stream), and with very low
chlorophyll content (less than 0.1 mg/
m’, Sargasso Sea) are presented in Fig.
3. The values for the backscattered
light from these areas have been cal-
culated as percentages of the incident
light. The curves display characteristic
differences in shape. For the water
with high chlorophyll content the
backscattered light rose from values
mostly about 2.2 percent of the inci-
dent light in the blue region of the
spectrum to about 2.5 percent in the
Fig. 2. The flight of the aircraft after leaving Nantucket on 27 August 1968 and
the location of Stations A to E. Station S was occupied on 26 August. Representative
temperatures measured from the aircraft flying at 305 m are shown to the left or below
the flight path; representative chlorophyll concentrations in milligrams per cubic meter
measured from the surface ship are shown to the right or above the flight path.
1120
By)
green, and then dropped to about 0.3
percent in the red. For water with low
chlorophyll content the values were
higher in the blue, dropped rapidly to
much lower values in the green, and
continued to drop in the red. Where
chlorophyll content was very low, the
backscattering was higher at all wave-
lengths shorter than 500 nm and
reached a maximum of 7 percent at
400 nm.
On 27 August 1968 -a more extensive
survey of the changes in backscattered
light from contrasting bodies of water
was conducted during a flight from
Buzzards Bay and Nantucket Sound to
a point in the Sargasso Sea south of the
Gulf Stream, then north on a 556-km
transect that crossed successively the
Gulf Stream, the slope water, a transi-
tion zone, Georges Bank, Georges
Shoals, and the southern part of the
Gulf of Maine, and returned via Cape
Cod Bay (Fig. 2). Records of the spec-
trum were taken at frequent intervals
with the TRW spectrometer, and a con-
tinuous trace of surface temperature
was obtained by P. M. Saunders by
means of a Barnes infrared radiometer.
A continuous record of the temperature
and the chlorophyll concentration of the
surface water was obtained from the
R.V. Crawford by means of a thermistor
and a continuous-flow Turner fluorom-
eter (7). Water for this purpose was
drawn from an intake valve through
the hull of the vessel 2m below the
surface. Analysis of these data shows
that the surface temperature and the
surface chlorophyll of the slope water,
the Bank water, and the Gulf of Maine
are statistically differentiated to a highly
significant degree. We also have evi-
dence from a previous study (8) that
surface chlorophyll values may be use-
ful as an index of biological productiv-
ity. During four cruises in the Atlantic
and Pacific, one of us (C.J.L.) collected
91 samples, which covered a range of
surface chlorophyll concentrations from
0.04 to 28.3 mg/m?. Analysis showed
highly significant correlations with mea-
surements of the total chlorophyll in the
euphotic zone and with the primary
productivity of the phytoplankton in
the waters studied. Temperature values
obtained from the aircraft agreed close-
ly with values obtained from the ship
(see Fig. 2). Owing to the relative
sterility of warm Gulf Stream water, the
lower chlorophyll measurements tend
to be associated with higher sea tem-
peratures.
A comparison of the spectra of the
backscattered light as a percentage of
SCIENCE, VOL. 167
\ H — High chlorophyll
\
4 L — Low chlorophyll
——-— Very low chlorophyll
Percent of incident light
1 Tt
500 550 600
Wavelength (nm)
Fig. 3. Data from the high and low
chlorophyll curves plotted as percentage
of the incident light and compared with
data taken on the same day from an area
with very low chlorophyll concentration
south of the Gulf Stream.
1 =r
400 450 650
Chier
s LOCALE nig/m? SLOPE
‘A SARGASSOSEA (<0.1) .0375
B SLOPE WATER 0.3 .0210
TRANSITION 0.6 .0119
D GEORGES BANK 1.3 .0076
E GEORGES SHOALS 3.0 .0038
4.0 (To 7.0% at 400 nm)
3.8 A
nm
a
iF
ot
A: (<0-4)
Percent of incident light
fo}
b
T
500 650 600
Wavelength (nm)
Fig. 4. Spectra of backscattered light mea-
sured from the aircraft at 305 m on 27
August 1968 at the following stations (Fig.
2) and times (all E.D.T.): Station A,
1238 hours; Station B, 1421 hours; Station
C, 1428.5 hours; Station D, 1445 hours;
Station E, 1315 hours. The spectrometer
with polarizing filter was mounted at 53°
tilt and directed away from the sun. Con-
centrations of chlorophyll a were mea-
sured from shipboard as follows: on 27
August, Station A, 1238 hours; on 28
August, Station B, 0600 hours; Station C,
0730 hours; Station D, 1230 hours.
20 FEBRUARY 1970
=n n
400 450
the incident light at five localities along
the flight path of 27 August is presented
in Fig. 4. Simultaneous measurements
from the aircraft and the ship were
made in the slope water at Station B.
The ship’s observations at Stations C,
D, and E were not made until the fol-
lowing day, but the range of chloro-
phyll values was so great that the dif-
ferences among the stations can be
relied upon for the present comparison.
Time did not permit the ship to reach
the locality of the aircraft’s observation
at Station A in the Sargasso Sea south
of the Gulf Stream, but the chlorophyll
content of the water there was almost
certainly lower than in the slope water
north of the Stream. Along the entire
transect the shape of the spectral curves
changed progressively as chlorophyll
values increased from south to north.
The percentage of backscattered light
diminished markedly in the blue region
and increased relatively in the green
region, with an indication of an inflec-
tion point at about 515 nm and with
little change in the red region. This
result agrees satisfactorily with the cal-
culated values for the effect of increas-
ing amounts of chlorophyll on ocean
color presented by Ramsey (9). The
change in shape with increasing chloro-
phyll is reflected in decreased mean
slope of the spectra. Anomalies in the
shape and amplitude of these spectra,
and of some taken on other occasions,
make it evident that other factors play
a role that merits further investigation.
Our investigation shows that large dif-
ferences occur in the spectra of the light
backscattered from the ocean and that
they can be recorded from aircraft. In
the present instance, the slopes of the
spectra correlate quite closely with dif-
ferences in chlorophyll concentration.
The discrepancies are believed to be
due to difference in time within paired
observations, to differences in surface
reflection, to scattered air light, and to
the presence in the water of material
other than chlorophyll that affected the
light selectively. If such interference
can be eliminated, or identified and al-
lowed for, spectrometric procedures
from aircraft (and perhaps from satel-
lites) will be of great value in the rapid
investigation of oceanic conditions, in-
cluding conditions important for biolog-
ical productivity.
GEORGE L. CLARKE
GIFFORD C, EWING
CaRL J. LORENZEN
Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, Woods Hole,
Massachusetts 20543
5-4
10.
12
References and Notes
. G. L. Clarke and E. J. Denton, in The Sea,
M. N. Hill, Ed. (Interscience, London, 1962),
pp. 456-468; G. L. Clarke, Oceanol. Int. 2,
38 (1967); , BioScience 18, 965 (1968);
N. G. Jerlov, Optical Oceanography (Elsevier,
Amsterdam, 1968).
. J. H. Ryther and C. S. Yentsch, Limnol.
Oceanogr. 2, 281 (1957); G. C. Ewing, D. L.
Inman, L. N. Liebermann, G. Newmann, D.
P. Petersen, W. S. Wooster, C. S. Yentsch
(Panel on Oceanography), Useful Applica-
tions of Earth-Oriented Satellites (National
Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.,
1969), vol. 5, pp. 44-54; J. H. Ryther, Science
166, 72 (1969).
. R. C. Smith and J. E. Tyler, J. Opt. Soc.
Amer. 57, 589 (1967); J. E. Tyler and R. C.
Smith, ibid., p. 595.
. J. D. H. Strickland, “The estimation of sus-
pended matter in sea water from the air,” in
Ms. Rep. Ser. (Oceanogr. Limnol.) No. 88
(Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1967);
G. L. Clarke, G. C. Ewing, A. Conrad, R.
M. Alexander, G. Mayer, in Summary of In-
vestigations Conducted in 1967 (Ref. No. 68-
32, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
1968); G. L. Clarke, in Remote Sensing in
Ecology, P. L. Johnson, Ed. (Univ. of Georgia
Press, Athens, 1969).
. G. C. Ewing, Deep-Sea Res. 16 (Suppl.), 35
(1969).
. L. A. Gore, unpublished report (Electronic
Systems Division, TRW Systems, Inc., 1968).
. C. S. Yentsch and D. W. Menzel, Deep-Sea
Res. 10, 221 (1963); O. Holm-Hansen, C. J.
Lorenzen, R. W. Holmes, J. D. H. Strick-
land, J. Cons. Cons. Perma. Int. Explor. Mer
30, 3 (1965); C. J. Lorenzen, Deep-Sea Res.
13, 223 (1966).
. C. J. Lorenzen, unpublished manuscript (1969).
. R. C. Ramsey, unpublished final report (Elec-
tronic Systems Dept., TRW Systems, Inc., 1968),
Supported by NASA contract NASA 12-631
and by Office of Naval Research contract
ONR 241. We thank the crews of our research
ship and aircraft; we also thank Miss Anne
Bowen, Mr. Carl Fontneau, and Mr. Robert
E. Frazel, research assistants. Contribution
No. 2394 of the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution.
December 1969
Alfred Conrod
Measurement and Systems Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
We are instrumentation makers and engineers and are involved
here at this conference to provide machines, develop user requirements.
The bulk of our work is in optical instrumentation.
Kirby Drennan
U. S. Fish & Wildlife
Pascagoula, Miss.
In recent months we have been looking at the problem of direct
detection, identification and quantification of pelagic fish stocks
through the use of remote sensors. Several approaches are being taken
in an effort to establish those characteristics of fish schools which
can be observed through the use of remote sensors and to define the
sensor requirements and to develop a sensor system which will enable us
to assess the resources of large oceanic areas. These include multi-
spectral photography, studies of the reflectance spectra of individual
fish and fish schools, measurements of the absorption spectra of
fish oil films, studies to determine the application of low-level-light
sensors, such as image intensifiers, to detect the bioluminescence
associated with most fish schools, and in October a series of tests will
be conducted with a pulse-gated laser system. A rather extensive
photographic program was carried out at Pascagoula which resulted in
several hundred aerial photographs of fish schools of various species.
Black and white, color, and color infrared films with various filter
combinations were used in this program. An effort is now being made to
correlate the photographic imagery with the catch data and sonar soundings
obtained during the field operation.
In September of 1968, the Pascagoula base and TR Systems, under
contract to Pascagoula, obtained spectral reflectance measurements of
fifteen schooling species in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Observations
were made on single fish and fish schools inside an impoundment using a
7-1
recently developed TRW water color spectrometer. These data indicate
that, in general, the reflectances are separable on a species basis and
are different from sea water reflectance. The natural phenomenon of
bioluminescence which is stimulated in ubiquitous marine organisms by
the movement of fish schools appears to offer a promising solution to
the problem of locating and possible identifying and quantifying fish
schools at night. In recent months, we have used an airborne image
intensifier/television system at altitudes of 5,000 feet to detect
fish-stimulated bioluminescence, the intensity of which was far below
the threshold of the human eye. Therefore, we are interested not only
in the physical, chemical and biological factors which affect the color
of the ocean, but also the effect that these factors have on the production
and transmission of light within the sea.
Gifford C. Ewing
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Of the various oceanographic parameters that one might attempt to
measure remotely from satellites, color has the unique advantage of
reacting to the bulk properties of the ocean, thus giving an estimate
of its biological and chemical construction. Although this information
is limited to the upper 10-20 meters of the sea, less than 1% of the
total volume, nevertheless this is the part that is of most direct
concern to the majority of mankind. That relatively little is known
of the distribution of sea color is due in part to the fact that it jis
distributed in fairly small patterns and varies with the biological
activity at a relatively high rate so that the low sampling rate
available to ships is inadequate to observe the day-to-day changes.
Satellite oceanography is inherently directed toward observing the
upper layers of the sea, the part that is stirred by the wind and lit by
the sun. No matter what ingenious ways may be devised for probing deep
beneath the surface, it seems unlikely that such regions will be naturally
amenable to exploration by satellite technology. In other words, we are
concerned here with a specialized description of a severely limited layer
of the ocean.
Fortunately, the layer of the ocean exposed to the overview is far
more significant than the above considerations suggest. For one thing, it
the part of the ocean that overwhelmingly concerns the everyday affairs of
mankind. It is the site of waves, storm surges, the rise of tide, and
the secular changes of sea level. It covers the continental shelves
where oil and minerals are being recovered. It is the part of the sea that
most concerns sailors, because of currents, destructive waves, dangerous
shoals, or drifting ice. |t impinges on the beaches, harbors, and estuaries
that are important for industry, recreation, and human habitat. It includes
the zone that supports the photosynthesis upon which the whole biological
resource of the sea depends. Not only is this the only part of the ocean
that directly touches the lives of most of mankind, but, conversely, it
is mostly at these superficial depths that man acts on the sea by activities
such as dredging and fishing, or by contamination with chemical pollutants.
The overview is equally important to the scientific understanding of
the marine environment and its multifarious interrelations with the land
and atmosphere, which exert a crucial, though somewhat less direct influence
on the human environment. Virtually all the energy that controls its inner
workinas flows across this boundary, and all the water types that constitute
the ocean's anatomy have their genesis at the surface, in a reaion of
exposure to sun and sky and wind. Like the sediments of the earth's crust,
the sea is composed of tilted strata that outcrop somewhere at the surface.
Consequently, a complete mao of all these surface outcrops must contain
information about all deep-water masses of the sea. Geometrically, the
ocean has approximately the proportions of a sheet of letter paper, and,
like a sheet of paper, much of its information content is written on its
face, exposed to view from afar.
In spite of these obvious advantages, oceanographic exploration
from the air is in a very rudimentary stage of development. Compared
with forestry, agriculture, terrestrial geography, and meteorology,
techniques such as aerial photography and infrared radiometry have as yet
found little application to oceanography. The reasons are varied and
complex, including the limited operatina range of aircraft, lack of
suitable sensors, and the special difficulties of acquiring oceanic ''ground
truth.'' But more fundamental than all these is the inability of
oceanographers to make efficient use of surface maps of the ocean, if
such data were readily available and free of error. Although the idea
that the sea derives its constitution and motive force at the air/sea
boundarv is well established in oceanographic theory, in practice the
data of oceanic observation have usually been obtained and analyzed in
vertical sections. As a result, the instruments, data-handling routines,
analytic methods, and, in fact, the oceanographers themselves are all
oriented toward vertical rather than horizontal aggregates of information.
To establish the basis for satellite oceanography will require a gestation
period that may be measured in years or decades, depending on how much
effort is invested in this sector of the science. It will not be easy to
combine such unrelated technologies as space science and oceanography,
and it will not occur spontaneously as it has in agriculture or geography,
where air mapping has long been established. Above all, it will require
a much greater effort in establishing the validity of data acquired from
satellites than is commonly recognized. For many applications, such as
in agriculture, ''ground truth'' can be established by a few flights over
selected areas that have been well surveyed. But in oceanography one deals
with rapidly changing conditions. For example, high sea states cannot be
scheduled months in advance, nor do they persist long enough to permit the
leisurely coordination of air and surface activities to record their
physical descriptions.
8-3
The great strength of the satellite observatory is its ability to look
at the world ocean on a time scale that is small compared with that of
many important dynamic processes. This ability is greatest in the case of
satellites in earth-synchronous equatorial orbit, but even in low polar
orbits of several hundred miles altitude the entire ocean can be overflown
at intervals of less than one day.
A large assortment of color photographs obtained during the Gemini
flights is available at NASA headquarters and at the Manned Spacecraft
Center in Houston. Some of these photographs have appeared in nonscientific
popular magazines, and NASA has published them in an atlas. These pictures
show that space resolution jis not limiting from these low orbits. The
color photography shows that the color contrast is adequate for many
purposes, such as delineating plumes of silt, mud, pollutants, and oily
slicks off river mouths and estuaries, and showing areas of shoal water.
Some information about the conditions of the sea surface can be obtained
from its reflective properties. It is probable that the visibility of the
Gulf Stream reported by Glenn on MA-6 was due to differences in the slopes
of the wavelets rather than to differences in the water color itself. By
suitable filtering, it is even possible to photograph the bottom at
controlled optical depths, thus providing some information about shallow
depth contours, where the color contrasts are very large.
Over the open sea, color photography has not, as yet, produced much
information of scientific value. Due to atmospheric effects and to the
film-processing methods in use, the high seas are shown as brilliant blue,
devoid of any recognizable color features. Whether this is all that can be
8-4
done with color photography over the ocean from satellite altitudes, we
do not know. If this is the case, its usefulness will be limited to
applications close to shore or in shallow water. Only spectroscopic
methods would then be of value in mapping water color in deeper water.
Light irradiatina the sea surface undergoes reflection and refraction.
The reflected portion is polarized in the usual way, that is, the component
of the electric vector parallel to the sea surface predominates in the
reflected light and, at Brewster's angle, is virtually the only component
present. This can be made use of to select either the reflected skyliaht
or the backscattered sunlight upwelling through the water surface,
depending on whether the desired information relates to the shape of the
reflecting surface or to the optical properties of the bulk water. The
refracted portion penetrates the sea and, in the absence of scattering, is
eventually extinguished by absorption. In reality, the light is scattered
by particles of all sizes, from molecules through the larger colloidal
particles and up to large bubbles or, in shallow water, by the bottom. On
the high seas, about 5 percent of the incident light is backscattered upward
toward the sky. This is about equal to the skylight reflected at near-
incident angles and severalfold larger than the fraction of reflected
light passing through a suitably oriented polarizing filter.
The backscattered light so recovered, having been subjected to
absorption and spectral scattering along a path length that varies with
the distribution of scatterers in the sea, is markedly different in color
from the incident ''white'' light. In clearest ocean water, the effective
path length is quite lona and the upward scattered light is strongly blue,
with a dominant wavelenath of 4000 A and a quite pronounced saturation or
8-5
excitation purity. In coastal regions the water contains many colored
absorbers, both inside the bodies of transparent plankters, and as
solutes of tannins, chromatins, carotenoids, chlorophyll, and many other
"foreign'' compounds. In addition, suspended particles of very fine mud
scatter the light selectively and add to its color. As a result, the
transparency of the water is much decreased, and the dominant wavelength
shifts through green into the yellow (at 5700 A ) or even into brown.
The distinctive color of water jis a familiar observation and leads to
such names as the Black Sea, the Red Sea, the White Sea, the Azure Sea,
and the Vermillion Sea. Although water color was used by the earliest
navigators to locate familiar water masses and associated current systems,
modern navigators depend on more ''scientific'' (i.e., less natural) methods.
For the most part, oceanographers rely on the temperature and salinity of
the water and more particularly on their correlation to identify water
masses of different origin. Water color is used only as a measure of
biological activity, past and present. For example, Steemann-Nielsen
found that ''the distribution of water color in the open ocean outside
influence of land must be closely similar to the quantitative distribution
of plankton algae." (Fig.1)
In air reconnaissance of the ocean, temperature is the only parameter
that currently serves as a discriminant of water masses. Thus it is easy
to distinguish the Gulf Stream water from the adjacent slope water by its
temperature contrast. But for more subtle differences, this will hardly
suffice. Surface temperature is auickly altered by air temperature and by
radiation, so that water masses having very different histories can have
identical temperatures. As an alternative to the correlation of
temperature and salinity, it is suggested that the correlation of
temperature and color might serve to distinguish different water masses.
An example of the spectral variation of the backscattered light
measured at a flight altitude of 500 ft is shown in the accompanyina
figure,” To emphasize chromaticity as distinct from briaghtness, the
spectra are presented in terms of their normalized trichromatic
coefficients. (As usual, the blue coordinate is omitted.) The color
of the ocean water is shown by its relation to the liaht reflected from
a neutral gray card. The displacement of the color toward the green
and yellow, relative to the clear ocean water, is also shown. The
figure shows the sites over which the spectra were obtained.
If equipment of requisite sensitivity can be developed, it may be
possible to see significant ocean-color differences at satellite
altitudes and thus to add an observable parameter which, correlated with
temperature, will make subtle features detectable over the high seas.
8-7
Figure Captions
igure 1. A series of charts of the South Atlantic Ocean.
(a) Distribution of color of the sea (After Schott);
(b) Distribution of phosphate in niyo fine in the upper
5O-m layer;
(c) Distribution of plankton organisms, thousands/
liter, in the upper 50-m layer, (After Hentschel
and Wattenberg, 1930);
(d) Distribution of zooplankton (metazoa), numbers
per 4 liters, in the upper 50-m layer (After
Hentschel, 1955);
(e) Distribution of organic gross production in
summer, g. C/ m“/day; and
Ge) Dials bution ot vannuale met produc talon 1s G/m*
E. Steemann-Nielsen, Galathea Rept., Vol. 1,
Wee ZO5 Wide TSH719)6
After National Academy of Sciences, Useful Applicat-
ions of Earth-Oriented Satellites, Vol. 5, Ccean-
ography, National Academy of Sciences, National
Research Council, Washington, DC, 1969.
Reference:
Figure 2. Example of spectral variation of backscatter light
Mmeasunedatyauilachit alt it udem ot SOON tac (WHO
Report, unpublished). After the reference given
alia Wdabers' 1g
LEGEND
O% deep blue
0-2%biue
24 2-S%bluegreen
m1 >S %green
LIL RR
IY a
ae)
Kf 560}
Ly
MCL ROW AIG GORPIPUCTIEN fF (CVE)
G) CLEAR
(2) REDDISH
a (3) BEACH
8 a : (4) MEADOW ©5000 @
040° 4 (6) TURBID
CAPE COD
Pea. (6) CLEAR
o 560
MAX. TRANS. rs Nt
CLEAR SHORE WATER
oe a ae “De
aN? B00 ©
eee (-)3
Sat eee 6 610 x
\ (REFERENCE 0620 “Oo
i. ae GREY CARD oe
2 Om
3 Fa MAXOmRANS:
oo
; CEE ARE Sil OGEAIN
ae 4 6 8
UDMA OMAIHG CORAM GUEWY (GEE) :
CHROMATICITY DIAGRAM
Figure 2.
8-10
Frank Hebard
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Miami, FL 33149
The major research effort at the Tropical Atlantic Biological Laboratory
is the study of tuna distribution in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and to
determine how their distribution is affected by the physical and biological
features of the ocean. During a recent cruise to west African waters
(September-December, 1968), an attempt was made to use satellite derived
APT data and ship-borne infra-red sea surface temperature data to supplement
routine oceanographic observations in the location of the Gabon-Angola oceanic
front. This front, represented by the 24°C sea surface isotherm, undergoes
a seasonalnorth-south migration and has been reported to affect the aggrega-
tion of tunas.
The front was located and its migration followed during the cruise by
monitoring changes in the location of the 24°C sea surface isotherm
as determined by thermometer and by infra-red sensors aboard ship.
One-hundred twenty-three (123) Essa 6 APT transmissions were received and
photographed aboard ship and an attempt was made to relate the distribution
of the Gabon-Angola front to features revealed on these photographs.
We were unable to use the satellite photosto locate the Gabon-Angola
oceanic front, probably because the temperature gradient associated with
the front was not strong enough to affect cloud formation. In areas of
upwelling where a strong temperature occurred, the photos
showed that there was an effect on cloud distribution.
In the future we will continue in our effort to monitor from aircraft
and from satellite both physical and biological oceanographic conditions
by means of remote sensing techniques. Of particular interest is the
sea surface temperature, distribution of currents, distribution of fresh
9-1
water runoff from selected streams, monitoring phytoplankton and
zooplankton standing crops, and location of tuna schools as a means
of reducing search time for the fishermen.
Rudolph Hollman
Dept. of Meteorology and Oceanography
New York University
BRON No Vo
Over the past years we have made a studv of the albedo of the
sea surface, that is, the ratio of the unward radiant flux to the
downward radiant flux, over the rather broad spectral band of
approximately 0.35u to 2.5u. The instrumentation consisted of two
Epnly pyranometers, a oyrheliometer, and a photocell. The two
pyranometers were mounted back-to-back on a gimbal mounting affixed
to a lona boom that was extended over the bow of the research vessel.
The upright pyranometer sensed the total downward radiant flux
(irradiance) or alobal radiation and the inverted pvranometer sensed
the upward radiant flux from the sea surface. The ratio of these
two irradiances is defined as the albedo. The pyrheliometer measured
the direct solar radiation so that the difference between the global
and the direct radiation yields a measure of the diffuse sky radiation.
The calibrated photocell was mounted on a float and provided a measure
of the upward radiant flux due to scatterina within the water. These
measurements were largely carried out over the waters of Eastern Lona
Island Sound.
The results of these measurements show that the backscattered
light contributes sianificantly (25 to 50%) to the albedo. We know
that the albedo depends unon the solar altitude but we found the albedo
also depends upon the state or condition of the atmosphere, that is,
cloud conditions, turbidity, etc. An index of the state of the atmosphere
10=1
is the amount of sky radiation present in the global radiation. The
measurements also indicate that the reflectance of sky radiation is
not constant but depends upon the solar altitude and the angular
distribution of the sky radiation itself. These results agree with
the results derived from Kimball's data for the distribution of sky
radiation.
10-2
George Huebner
Dept. of Oceanoaraphy & Meteorology
Texas A & M University
Colleae Station, Texas
For about four years we have had a program in remote sensing
for oceanography sponsored by the Navy Oceanographic Office and Office
of Naval Research. Personally, | am interested in the microwaves area--
microwave parameters of the ocean. Our program has used NASA data and
photo data from ships. Recently, we were funded in a program investigatina
sensors planned for orbiting vehicles and various ways to employ these
even in cases not specifically designed for oceanogravhy. | am here to
learn about interests and efforts in color photography of the ocean to
aid this project goal.
11-1
NEw iGiey Jel lov,
Institute of Oceanography
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
The Institute of Oceanography is five years old and has two
specialties:
1. Turbulent diffusion of the sea
2. Optics of the sea
These are related because diffusion is studied by optics.
Observations are made of attenuation, scatterina, polarization and
fluorescence of the sea. Optics are used to characterize water
masses and study their snreading in the sea. The distribution of
scattering particles mav be related to primary production.
Quantameter work.
12-1
Mahlon G. Kelly
Department of Bioloay
New York University
University Heights, N. Y.
My interest in light in the ocean started about seven years ago.
At first this interest concerned the distribution of bioluminescence,
but since has shifted to the use of aerial photoqraphy for studying
coastal regions. Many benefits are to be gained by using such methods.
The large-scale distribution of bottom cover has been much neglected
in studies of bottom ecoloav, and photography aids areatly in studying
this very important aspect of coastal areas.
| have been studying bottom biota at locations in the Bahamas,
near Miami, and in the Florida Keys, and am now starting work on the
distribution and ecoloqy of suspended materials in polluted coastal
areas. The work has benefited greatly from the help and cooperation
of instrumentation engineers and workers interested in coastal land use.
It is such cooperation that will allow optimal use and design of remote
sensing techniques.
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR STUDY OF NEAR-SHORE BIOTIC DISTRIBUTIONS
by
Mahlon G. Kelly
Although coastal areas contain some of our more valuable resources,
synoptic study of the large-scale distribution of shallow-water bottom
features is verv difficult because over-lying water limits survey and
sampling. Surprisingly, although technology is available for photo-
graphing through the water to depths of more than 100 feet, little use
has been made of such photography for the study of biological resources
and of marine ecology. Nonetheless, it is the biological features that
are most immediately and drastically affected by pollution and man's
activities along our coasts. Synoptic photography of shallow-water
bottom biota needs to be developed to monitor and study environmental
conditions and change.
Color photomosaics have been obtained of approximately 200 square
miles of shallow water area on the west edge of the Bahama Banks south
of Bimini and in Biscayne Bay, south of Miami, Florida. These mosaics
allowed identification and mapping of the major biotic cover on the bottom.
This would have been nearly impossible using conventional survey techniques.
In addition, distributional features were identified that could only be
detected using the perspective obtained with remote photogranhy. Although
some of these features are incompletely explained, they show important
relationship to such environmental conditions as water depth, sediment and
bottom geology, current scouring, wave exposure, etc. Also, man-made
effects such as siltation due to dredging operations, canal drainage, and
the effects of thermal outflow from power plants were reflected in the
13-2
types and distribution of the plant communities.
Although there is some possibility that spectral signature analysis
may help in studying these distributions, this approach is limited by
the selective and variable spectral absorption and scattering of sea-water;
any signatures are modified by the overlving water. Photoaqraphy is
limited by the absorption of available light by the water and by contrast
and resolution reduction due to turbid light backscatter. Nevertheless,
bottom features may be resolved at considerable depths even in relatively
turbid waters.
Although instrumental analysis of photography and images and multi-
spectral photography may be of value, their use is at present limited by
the lack of even the most fundamental knowledge of large-scale distributions
of the bottom biota. Backaround information is needed in primary photo-
interpretation usina tone, hue, texture, and pattern recognition before
more advanced technologies may be applied to their fullest, although
photoenhancement techniques, instrumental analysis and multispectral
photography may be invaluable as aids to interpretation. In short, sea-
based photointerpretive studies are badly needed under diverse conditions
to provide a backloa of information on the application of large-scale
vhotography to the study of coastal biological resources.
We are continuing work in the clear waters off Florida as well as
in the very disturbed conditions near New York City. It is hoped that
studies in such diverse conditions will prove valuable both to marine
ecologists and to those concerned with management and monitoring of the
conditions near our coasts.
13=3
Note:
The presentation given above was an informal and slightly expanded
version of a paper presented at meetings of the American Society of
Photogrammetry, June 9-11, 1969, and published in the Seminar preceedineas |
The abstract given above is identical to that of the previously presented
paper.
Reference
1. Kelly, M. G., 1969. Aerial Photography for the Study of Near-Shore
Ocean Biology, in: New Horizons in Color Aerial Photography, Seminar
Proceedings. American Society of Photogrammetry, pp. 347-355.
13-4
Leonard N. Liebermann
Department of Physics
University of California, San Dieao
The NASA-National Academy of Sciences Study Panel on Oceanography
asked us to rate what could be done
We found the following results were
1. Global heat-budget studies
2. General circulation of the
3. Analysis and prediction of
4, Analysis and prediction of
from satellites for oceanography.
obtainable:
of the surface layer,
ocean,
sea-surface temperature,
sea-surface roughness and sea state,
5. Description of ocean-wide distribution of surface productivity.
Conclusion:
1. One of the most rewarding,
nractical studies will be that of
the color of the ocean. We made instrumentation for measuring
chlorophyll by means of 6750 & band
consisting of a spectroscope,
prism and vibrating mirror, slit scanned spectrum by a photocell....
sinusoid wave, looked for second harmonic in vibrating mirror.
2. What can be learned about the nature of waves by photography?
Using transparent points of sea surface photos, as a hologram, one
obtains patterns showing the spectrum of wave lengths.
3. Measurements of wave heights by laser beam froma satellite
may be feasible if power requirements can be met.
14-1
MAY
viet
C. J. Lorenzen
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA
The Biological Significance of Surface
Chlorophyll Measurements
The possibility of obtaining surface or near surface measurements
of chlorophyll by remote sensing raises the question of the ecological
importance of these measurements. Certain measurements, i.e., euphotic
zone chlorophyll and/or productivity, are of much greater interest and
importance in biological studies of the ocean.
It is possible to test the correlation of surface chlorophyll con-
centration with these other parameters with data on hand and this was
done. The data was obtained from both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
and covered the range of values one might reasonably expect to encounter
in the oceans. The values are:
euphotic zone 10-91 meters
surface chlorophyll 0.04-28 mg m3
euphotic zone chlorophyll 7.0-277 mg ae
primary production 0.06-11 em C ware day oh
The data was transformed into the natural logarithm and entered into
Least Squares Regression. The results are summarized below.
1s
TABLE 1. n F HORS
Ika 1 Coil = S.49) -- O262 Im Suet, Gn, Sil 398%«* 0.82%%
iin DoOPKOELe Zone = S546 = O529) ihn Suvee, Gm, 91 388% 0.81**
lim, jorealineeyy jorcorel 5 = gs} 45 OAS} iin, Suieie, Clnil. 87 99%% 0.54%**
The conclusion of this exercise is:
Surface chlorophyll estimation on a continuous basis is a worth-
while objective, since it is a reasonable good estimator of euphotic
zone chlorophyll and euphotic zone primary productivity.
The measurement of either A loeeanaln or productivity in the ocean
is of great ecological importance, and the point doesn't have to be dis-
cussed here. Let it be sufficient to say that in some circumstances
chlorophyll measurements may help to delineate areas where certain fish
resources might be found (see comments by Blackburn), depending on
meeting certain biological restrictions. On the other hand, obtaining
chlorophyll information regularly over large areas of the ocean would
be very interesting and helpful in solving certain problems involved
in the study of food chain ecology.
One other interesting feature of the statistical analysis was the
strong relationship between surface chlorophyll and euphotic zone depth
(the depth to which 1% of the surface irradiance reaches). Apparently,
most of the extinction of visible light in the ocean can be related
to chlorophyll (contained within algae).
15-2
Paul M. Maughan
Special Assistant for Marine Resources
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Washington, DC 20240
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries remote sensing programs, such as the
space-photo interpretation of Dr. Robert Stevenson's at Galveston and the
fishery intelligence program of Mr. Kirby Drennan's at Pascagoula, are
coordinated through the BCF Central Office in Washington, D.C.
The remote sensing programs are proceeding in two study areas: iL)
direct detection of fish stocks in their natural environment and, 2)
indirect detection of fish stocks using a knowledge of the physical parameters
(such as areas of upwelling and convergence zones) to determine where fish are
without actually observing the fish. Current plans are to investigate newer
remote sensing techniques and to specify "fish sensors" for the proposed
oceanographic satellite. There is no doubt that a real benefit to the
fishing industry can be made through observations from a satellite system.
One study at Oregon State University currently in progress which BCF
is sponsoring, is observing the well-defined Columbia River plume flowing
south along the Oregon coast and an adjacent area of upwelling, and relating
these to the presence of albacore tuna. The first of three phases is now
underway and involves the use of multi-spectral photography, IR (PRT5 )
temperature data, and standard color photographs from aircraft. OSU
scientists have found major color differences between the plume and ocean
water. Nimbus III HRIR satellite data will be used to determine the sea
surface temperature. In conjunction with the albacore study, a forecast
network issues a daily bulletin to the tuna fleet. This study is a combina-
tion of applied and basic research and has a real monetary advantage to the
fishing industry.
16-1
William J. Merrell, Jr.
Department of Oceanography
Texas A & M University
College Station, Texas
| am interested in identifying physical parameters and features
in the ocean through color photography and other remote sensors.
My most recent work has been related to identifying oceanographic
features in Apollo photography and in multisensor data taken in
Mexico and Brazil with NASA aircraft.
(The following is taken from a letter dated August 24, 1969
from W. J. Merrell to G. C. Ewing.)
"Apollo VI (See Notes 1 and 2 on p. 17-3)
This was an unmanned flight, so we have the highest percentage
of photographs over the deep ocean. Although there also seemed to be
a high percentage of cloud cover, some frames definitely show evidence
of color boundaries. The Texas A & M team (Paris, Chmelik, Merrell,
and Arnold) mention one (frame 1495) in a paper to be published in the
final Apollo VII report. (This was turned in to NASA over a year ago
and has not been released yet.) Frames 1499-1501 and frames 1495-97
definitely show some sort of color variation or boundary. The overlap
of the frames is very nice in that it gives added assurance that the
feature is not due to some mishap in the development of the photoaraph.
Dr. Stevenson's slides were probably taken from one of these sequences.
The location of these color features is at least 700 kilometers offshore.
"Apollo VII
There are no photographs which show color boundaries because there
are no vertical photographs in the deep ocean that are not almost
completely cloud covered.
lial
"Apollo IX (See Note 3 on p. 17-4).
Although few photographs of the deep ocean were taken, a definite
color formation is present in one. Frame 3588 was taken from 107 N.M.
at 12°N and 50°W. | believe that the white streak in the center of the
photograph is a result of some error in the development of the photography
and not a feature in the ocean or atmosphere. | reviewed satellite
pictures of contrails from aircraft and found them to be much thinner
and having a shadow. However, this brings up the question of why the
astronaut took the photograph, as no other photographs were taken offshore
without interesting cloud formations, etc. Perhaps the change in the
glitter pattern caused by a convergence zone or wind shear zone caught
his eye. It seems to be toward the center of the photograph. Anyway,
the color feature | referred to is on the right-hand side of the
photograph and appears to be in the general form of a large eddy.
| believe that color boundaries in the open ocean have definitely been
recorded in the previously mentioned Apollo photographs. How general
these few photographs are of the total world ocean is impossible to say.
No good satellite photographs are available for the Central Pacific Ocean.
(lt was night in the Pacific when the Apollo V! photographs were taken.)
| am sure that some may argue that the color boundaries | have mentioned
may be from the outflow of the Amazon or froma large buildup of floating
material sometimes found in these regions of the Atlantic and are not
indicative of the color changes and boundaries in the world ocean. This
may be true; but as of now, it is impossible to prove. | believe the
important facts to be considered when we review these photographs are
that they were taken far from shore and definitely seem to describe ocean
17-2
features solely by changes in ocean color. More missions are needed to
answer the general question of how common these color boundaries are in
the world ocean and more specific questions such as why do these color
boundaries usually appear in photographs which also record what seems to
be a convergence zone or roughness boundary. A satellite color sensor
Similar to the one discussed at the workshop could help answer these
questions if it were utilized over the central portions of the ocean."
Notes Added by Compiler:
Note 1
NASA photographs are available from:
Jo Ing Wierukeyy,; Inae.
2321 4th Street N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 526-5000
Give the photo number and spacecraft flight. The prices vary but are
around $3.00 for a glossy print to $0.35 for a 35 mm slide. Super slides
are around $3.00. Mr. Merrell gives the numbers of several good photographs.
Wore 2, (Wee5 WS), USS),
AS6-2-1495, AS6-2-1496, AS6-2-1501, AS6-2-1502
These photographs of the Atlantic Ocean were taken from the Apollo 6
spacecraft, an unmanned, orbiting vehicle, on April 4, 1968. Solar time
for each photograph was 1011, 1013, 1027, 1030, respectively; spacecraft
altitude was approximately 190-192 kilometers. The camera used was a
J. A. Maurer, 70 mm. with a Kodak Ektar, 76 mm, f/2.8 focal length lens.
WISD
The film used was Eastman Kodak, Ektachrome, SO-121 high resolution aerial,
70 mm. The camera was operated by automatic control and was mounted inside
the cabin of the spacecraft.
Note 3, (May 8, 1970)
The white streak in frame 3588 of Apollo IX has been identified as
the wake of a nuclear submarine by the Navy.
17-4
Richard C. Ramsey
TRW Systems
One Space Park
Redondo Beach, California
| have been involved in ocean color for two to three years. In
1967 | made a study on application of remote sensors to measurements
of ocean color (Study of the Remote Measurement of Ocean Color, Final
Report, Contract No. NASW- 1658, prepared for NASA Headquarters,
Washington, D.C., 26 January 1968).
"The general tasks envisaged at the beginning of the program were:
Task 1 - Analysis
Conduct analysis of the spectral variation of the optical
characteristics of the sea water as viewed from a location
in or above the earth's atmosphere. This analysis was to
include evaluation of the effects of surface conditions.
If necessary, simple laboratory tests using TRW owned
equipment would be used to evaluate the effect of surface
roughness.
Task 2 - Definition of System Requirements
Based on the analysis of Task 1, a set of requirements
would be prepared for a system capable of measuring the
spectral characteristics of water from a moving vehicle.
Both aircraft and snacecraft would be considered.
Task 3 - System Definition
Based on the requirements of Task 2, a preliminary design
of a system to best meet these requirements would be
performed. This design would include specification of
major components and a preliminary evaluation of weight,
dimension, and power requirements.
"It is felt that these tasks have been completed during this study.
lt was not considered necessary to perform the laboratory tests of the
effects of surface conditions because some previous measurement data were
available in the literature and because of the difficulty in simulating
real conditions.!!
18-1
In 1968 and 1969 | participated in airborne measurements of ocean
color at Woods Hole, as renorted herewith by Clarke, Ewing and Lorenzen
(Spectral Measurements from Aircraft of Backscattered Light from the Sea
in Relation to Chlorophy!1 Concentration as a Possible Index of
Productivity. George L. Clarke, Gifford C. Ewina and Carl J. Lorenzen,
SCIENCE, jo. 4, Im aress.))
In correspondence with C. F.Hagelberg, 8 July 1969, | set forth
"calculations [which] relate the visible spectrum of the total upwelling
light from the ocean waters to the chlorophyll content of the water......
These calculations, which produce results that correlate well with measure-
ments with the water color spectrometer, indicate that the use of a
minimum of only two bands should result in a chlorophyll determination."
18-2
Donald S. Ross
Philco-Ford Corporation
Space & Re-entry Systems Division
Palo Alto, California
Primary interests lie in acquisition and data processing of all types of
earth sciences aerospace imagery, but with particular emphasis on oceano-
graphic subjects. Data precessing is accomplished by a variety of photo-
graphic, optical and electronic techniques, whereby image grey levels are
converted from analog to digital form to emphasize or suppress pre-selected
sets of information. "Data processing" as used here includes enhancing
images to aid visual interpretation, as well as quantizing grey levels for
assessing luminance characteristics of the subject. Similar treatment is
given to images taken in different spectral bands which are added to or sub-
tracted from each other to enhance the information.
For oceanographic applications, a typical example would be optical or
electronic digitization of variations in scattered light intensity within
the water (as recorded by the camera) and conversion of each level into
highly contrasting colors, for relative water depth assessment. In another
example, the image of the water surface, taken in an infra-red spectral band,
would be combined in opposite sign (positive-to-negative masking) with an
imace taken simultaneously in a blue or green spectral band, to suppress
image information common to both spectral bands; in this case the image of
the water surface. The remaining image is that of sub-surface illumination
which is not recordable in the infra-red spectral band, but which is found
in the blue and green bands.
The photo-optical image enhancing methods retain, or even yield apparent
improvement of, the inherent resolution of the input image; but laboratory
processing time is required. Electronic false color image enhancement is
done in real-time; however, while the resolution of the cathode ray tube
enhanced color image is substantially better than commercial color television,
it cannot provide the high resolution of the photographic process.
The present and future activities of our group, relating to ocean color,
include planning and flying 4-band multispectral photography with our own
camera for the practical testing of suitable films, filters and processing
chemistry, to improve the recording of small color changes in the water, and
aid in the selection of spectral bands for maximum depth penetration. Con-
tinuing programs include the separation, enhancement and analysis of Gemini
and Apollo photography for oceanographic subjects such as bathymetry, sedi-
ment flow patterns, shoreline discrimination, emphasis of water color changes
for delineating current boundaries and areas of upwelling, enhancing bottom
features and topography, clarifying wave diffraction patterns.
Methods of enhancing color differences are also under continuous development
and improvement in our laboratory.
19-2
Abstract of Formal Presentation:
While the development of equipment capable of accurately measuring water
color and chlorophyll concentrations from orbital altitudes is under way,
it is recognized that considerable work, experimentation and time will be
involved before reliable working devices can be orbited.
In the meantime the contributions which existing imaging sensors can make
to the detection and assessment of water color changes should be neither
underestimated nor overiooked.
The catalog of Gemini and Apollo 70 mm color photography contains hundreds
of images which demonstrate in a most graphic way changes in water color
in the open ocean and its shorelines.
The changes in water color in many of these images are clearly associated
with features such as currents, upwelling, sediments, depth variations,
changes in bottom composition, and so forth. The value of these images
lies in their ability to indicate important oceanographic phenomena, through
variations in water color. For this form of interpretation, it is only
necessary to detect and record a color change; it is not necessary to be
able to measure it accurately in the radiometric sense.
The natural color film images taken from space which provide the most
4
Sa 44 7 =
useful in
K
Formation for oceanographic purposes (through variations in water
color) depend on blue and green sensitive layers, to record the differences
in the ratios of blue and green light in the water.
However, hardware systems currently proposed for orbit do not include imaging
sensors operating in spectral bands below 500 my, in the blue and blue-green
region. The degrading effect on the atmosphere on image contrast below 500 mu
has been considered to be so severe that images obtained in this spectral
192
region would be of little value. This is unfortunate, since a blue or blue-
green band is essential (in addition to a green spectral band) for detecting
water color differences of primary significance. The blue and blue-green
spectral region is also where the attenuation of light in clear water is
least, and greatest photo-optical depth penetration is possible.
In the course of image enhancement work in our laboratory, numerous Gemini
and Apollo natural color film images of oceanographic subjects have been
color-separated by photo-optical means. It has been found that the blue-
sensitive layer in these films contains substantial information despite the
ffecets of the atmosphere. Examples are shown in Figures IA, B and 2A,B;
i)
where blue and green separations made from typical images, taken from orbital
altitude, are compared.
It is concluded that it is quite feasible to utilize a spectral band in the
460-500 my region for remote sensing in oceanography; and if the many
important oceanographic phenomena associated with water color are to be
detected, it will be essential to record and couple this spectral band with
a green record.
U4
°
o
io}
sr]
oy
re
1)
ol
Oo
oO
~~
H
12)
os
a
12}
a
<=
Fig.tA*
paration
ULOa5
ah
Savann
So. Carolina,
Georgia,
ee Notel on p.17-3)
(s
Apollo 1X Color Photo
Blue Separation
Frame No. AS9-3148
Georgia, So. Carolina, Savannah
x (See Note 1 on P.17-3).
AS9-3128
Green Separation
Apollo IX Color Photo
Frame No.
n
is)
M
uv
vu
vw
oO
=
Vv
a
A
oO
vu
2
°
x
°
°
4
vu
a
A)
oO
i
G
od
et
O°
u
i)
oO
ie}
a
* (See Note | on p 17-3).
Apollo IX Color Photo
Blue Separation
Frame No. AS9-3128
No, Carolina, Cape Lookout, Cape Hateras
K(see Nete | on p- 17-3)
Peter M. Saunders
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
| am a meteorologist with an interest in exchange processes
between ocean and atmosphere. Currently Mr. Richard Payne and | are
attempting to make a definite measurement of the short wave albedo of
the ocean. Albedo is the ratio of the upward to the downward irradiance
close to the sea surface. Upward irradiance has two components:
1. Energy reflected from the surface, and
2. Energy scattered internally which escapes through the
surface.
In our measurement program we separate these. Above the surface we
measure total and diffuse downward and upward irradiance using pyra-
nometers, and just below the surface we measure the backscattered
irradiance on a transparent floating buoy. Broad band sensors are
used, namely thermopiles with uniform sensitivity from .3 to 3 microns;
thus, we measure the energy fluxes into and out of the ocean.
On the theoretical side | have studied the interaction of
electromagnetic waves with the sea surface, following the work of Cox
and Munk. By extending their work to oblique viewing, where the
problems of multiple reflections and shadowing are important, | have
given an explanation of the existence of the ocean horizon, predicting
the radiance contrast between the sea and the sky there.
The theoretical studies (together with the experimental
measurements) show that the following factors influence albedo:
1]. Roughness
2. Directionality or diffuseness of illumination.
20-1
We will compare theoretical surface reflection properties with
our measurements, and attempt to relate the backscattered light within
the ocean to other oceanic properties.
20-2
John W. Sherman, III
Spacecraft Oceanography Project
Naval Oceanographic Office (Code 7007)
The Spacecraft Oceanography (SPOC) Project plans and recommends to
NASA a program in remote sensing oceanography and coordinates air and
spacecraft experiments for oceanographic users in the NASA Earth Resources
Survey (ERS) Program.
The critical areas of sensor application that are important to oceano-
graphy are: (1) ocean color and (2) microwave exploration. In the area
of ocean color, what needs to be experimentally accomplished must be docu-
mented by meetings such as this and the appropriate aircraft remote sensors
obtained. A critique is invited of instrumentation for space and aircraft
sensors related to color measurements. In the ERS Program, for example,
the Department of Agriculture is a clear "user" group, but there are
13-17 government agencies involved in oceanography, with no one, single
user. The SPOC Project attempts to act as the technical focal point for
NASA in the ERS Program. Thus, the requested instrumentation critique
is in reality an attempt to insure that oceanographic user requirements
are met.
A DLNBY
Raymond C. Smith
Visibility Laboratory
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
San Diego, California
Lately, we have been measuring chlorophyll] content and total
particulate matter simultaneously with our spectral irradiance data.
Also, we have a new instrument which measures radiance distributions
under water. The radiance distribution data allows many optical
properties of natural waters to be calculated.
22-1
Robert Spiers
Langley Research Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hampton, Virginia
Our earth resources activities are identified with remote sensor
problems of research organizations:
1. Working directly with the U. S. Fisheries, we are developing
a spectrophotometer to measure the reflectivity of fish schools and
ocean water. Output: reflectivity vs. wavelength. An electronic
signal processing technique is used to filter radiance noise from ocean
measurements.
2. Working with Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, we wil]
launch a balloon carrying four cameras with color filters to photograph
Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic. These photographs will be analyzed
usina ship measurements of ground truth.
3. Working with Old Dominion College, we will measure changes
in off-shore bottom contours with time.
4. We are employing PhD's from various disciplines to perform a
preliminary design of ERS systems.
235-1
Joachim Stephan
Battelle Institute
Columbus, Ohio
Remote sensing applications to biota and wildlife on and near
Amchitka Island in the Aleutians are presently being studied. We are
currently photographing areas from a low-flying helicopter near shore
to determine species of the algae and to determine if man-made effects
disturb any of this. With marginal weather photography prevalent,
never above 1,000 feet altitude, we can distinguish different algae
populations.
24-1
Robert E. Stevenson
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Galveston, Texas
We are concerned with the interpretation of color photography
from manned spacecraft to determine the significance of the view
from space to the fisheries. We are working primarily toward the
development of a satellite system to provide real time information
to all users. My purpose here is to learn actual applications of
color photography to this goal.
25-1
Martin J. Swetnick
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office of Space Applications
At NASA headquarters, in the office of Space Science and
Applications, | am responsible for the Earth Resources Survey Program
Oceanography discipline.
One of the functions of an Earth Resources Survey Program staff
scientist is to prepare and provide material for selling the concept of
satellite oceanography to NASA management, Conaress, and segments of the
oceanographic community both within the government and the private sector.
Interest in getting an Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS)
flight program underway as early as possible has been expressed by several
members of Congress. Planning an ERTS oceanoagranhy mission will be
somewhat difficult in view of the lack of a focal point for oceanographic
activities within our qovernment. The identification of potential users
of ERTS oceanography data is another problem that needs to be resolved.
NASA is an R & D agency. One of the missions of NASA is to apply
space technology to global synoptic observations of remote sensor techniques
for use on satellites. It works with other agencies who can evaluate the
capabilities of various remote sensors for providing data on ocean parameters
Or processes.
NASA plans to carry out an ERTS program calling for a series of
four remote sensina missions. The first two satellites (ERTS A and B)
will be directed toward landing mass observations. These satellites wil]
carry a three-color hiah resolution television camera system and a multi
channel imager. Although this instrument payload is not optimum for ocean
26-1
observations, there will be a need to determine whether it could provide
some meaningful information about the oceans. The third satellite (ERTS C)
will be used for ocean survey. Serious consideration will be given to the
selection of remote sensors. This will involve discussion with interested
people and potential users of the data.
NASA relies on the Spacecraft Oceanography Project (SPOC) in
NAVOCEANO for the daily technical administration and monitoring of the NASA
funded research programs at universities, private organizations, and other
government agencies and for coordinating the work of scientists, participating
in the NASA aircraft missions supporting the checkout of remote sensors
during overwater flights and, where possible, the acauisition of ground
truth information.
26-2
O. Lyle Tiffany
Chief Scientist
The Bendix Corporation
Aerospace Systems Division
Our division of Bendix is working in the fields of thermal and multi-
spectral imaging for earth resources.
In instrumentation we make commercial thermal mappers with a variety
of infrared detectors as options. We have built our own 9 channel visible
and near infrared scanner which is now flying in a company Beechcraft.
We are at the present time engaged in the design and fabrication of a
24~channel scanner from the near ultraviolet through the visible and out
to 13 microns in the infrared for the NASA Houston.
On the research side we are flying our multispectral scanner and
thermal mappers to collect data to be compared with ground truth for a
variety of disciplines.
27-1
PRE LIMINARY NOTES ON THERMAL MAPPING AND
MULTISPECTRAL SENSING IN OCEANOGRAPHY
Resource survey missions for the purpose of exploring the value
and utility of multispectral data are conducted at Bendix in a company air-
craft which is a Beech D118. This aircraft is instrumented with an infrared
scanner, anda 9-channel UV, visible, and near infrared multispectral
scanner. The supporting equipment includes a 70-mm aerial survey type
sequencing camera. The video from the infrared single channel thermal
mapper and from the 9-channel multispectral scanner are recorded on
wide-band FM tape. After the mission this tape is returned to the laboratory
for detailed studies of the multispectral data which includes conversion toa
digital format and statistical studies using a large computer such as the
IBM 360. Imagery can be produced from the multispectral data using the
film recorder in the laboratory directly from the tape recorded video. The
data produced by a multispectral line scanner is particularly well adapted
for studies of image enhancement and target classification because linear
combinations of the electronic video can be formed using analog circuitry.
The result of such linear combination can be fed directly to the film re-
corder for the production of enhanced imagery. The particular formula
used in forming any given linear combination is determined from a statistical
study of the digital samples of the multispectral data.
27-2
The results from three different missions will be illustrated
briefly in this talk. The first from the Thermal Mapper shows Boston
Harbor in the infrared as observed during a night time flight at low water
ebb tide. The other two examples are taken from multispectral missions.
One is in the area of agriculture and the other in the area of limnology.
On the morning of 11 June 1969 at 0230 hours a Bendix airplane
equipped with a Thermal Mapper flew a total area cover mission of the
Boston Harbor area. The time of the flight was selected to give coverage
at low water slack tide. The detector in the mapper was an indium anti-
monide device cooled with liquid nitrogen. It was operating unfiltered.
In the absence of reflectance solar IR this gives thermal coverage out to
about 5.5 microns. Figure 1 is a sample of this imagery.
Excellent thermal contrast was obtained in the water of the harbor.
In this imagery the dark areas correspond to warmer areas and the lighter
areas correspond to cool spots. In general, the water was warmer than
the land. When the complete set of data is assembled in an area cover
mosaic the spatial distribution of the thermal mixing is expected to show
the flow patterns into and out of the harbor as the tide flows.
LARS, the laboratory for agriculture remote sensing at Purdue
University, maintains a set of ground truth over a number of well defined
flight lines in rural Tippicanoe County where Lafayette, Indiana is located.
27-3
Multispectral data was obtained over this test site on 13 November 1968 to
evaluate the Bendix 9-channel scanner for use in crop classification studies.
Six of the nine channels were recorded on the seven-channel analog tape
recorder used at that time and subsequently played back in the electronic
processing laboratory. A grey scale presentation of the reflectance in each
wavelength region was in the resulting imagery. The reflectance range in
each channel is known from preflight calibration and allows reflectance
values to be placed on each resolution element on the ground. The analog
processing laboratory allows any channel or combination of channels to be
recorded on film and permits processing coefficients to be applied to any
channel. The coefficients may be selected from digital data extracted
from the original analog tape after computerized statistical analysis has
been performed. In this way targets of interest are enhanced and the
backgrounds suppressed.
Two statistical methods were employed in an attempt to enhance
the agricultural targets of interest. Before the data was analyzed it was
submitted to processing to produce unenhanced imagery for selection of
the areas to be sampled. Seven thousand digital samples of the selected
areas were then obtained for which ground truth was available in the form
of crop identification. The first statistical method applied was factor
analysis. The linear combinations of the original data channels specified
by factor analysis are intended to make it possible for the user to identify
physical phenomena responsible for variation in the data to be identified
with particular factors. Upon completion of this statistical analysis the
processing coefficients thus specified were input to the analog processing
unit. and film showing the variation in the first three factors was produced.
The results of this factor analysis are shown in Figure 2. The ground
truth collected by Purdue University identifies the dark areas in the
factor 1 imagery as corn fields. In factor 2 the dark areas correspond to
fields of bare soil. The second statistical analysis employed with respect
to this data was multiple linear regression analysis. Samples of this
imagery are shown in Figure 3. The middle strip identified at the top with
the caption ''corn equals white'' corresponds rather well with the factor 1
imagery from figure 2. Corn is enhanced in both cases. The sense of the
enhancement is changed however so that in the case of regression, corn
appears as the lighter color fields. With the aid of the ground truth, wheat
fields were also identified. The regression analysis was performed to
determine linear combinations which would enhance wheat fields. This is
also identified in Figure 3. Finally, bare soil was enhanced in much the
Same manner as found in Figure 2. Again, however, the sense of the
enhancement is reversed so that bare soil appears as the light color in
the regression imagery while it appears as a dark color in the factor
25
analysis imagery.
More recently Bendix has been studying the apparent color change
of water with water depth using the multispectral equipment. This data
collection activity is being conducted in support of a data analysis program
being conducted for the Electronics Research Center in Boston. This data
was collected at Pentwater which is a small port on the eastern shore of
Lake Michigan during the week of 21 July 1969. Lake Michigan was selected
as a test site because the water is relatively clear and clean, making the
bottom visible out to depths of perhaps 20-30 feet. It was also desired
that the test site have a very uniform bottom in order to remove one of the
variables from the experiment. The entire eastern shore line of Lake
Michigan has an extremely sandy and uniform bottom. The currents flowing
north and south along this shore provide an interesting structure for study
with multispectral devices. Figure 4 illustrates this structure. The
picture is an enlargement of 70-mm imagery from channel 4 of the multi-
spectral scanner. The scanner was calibrated in sucha way that reflectance
values ranging from 0 to 15% would completely fill the dynamic range of the
video. The wavelength boundaries of channel 4 extend from about .56 to
.62 microns. This range includes the wavelength which has the greatest
water penetration in the visible region. The characteristics sandbar
structure of the eastern shore of Lake Michigan is clearly visible in this
pueituasey.
27-6
The NASA contract in support of which this data was collected
has as its objective the quantitative measurement of water depth using
multispectral video and multiple regression as the necessary tools.
2t=1
Figure 1 Thermal Imagery of Boston Harbor
27-8
FACTOR 1 FACTOR 2 FACTOR 3
™
le
t
A~)
&
=
'
2
=
Cy
s
a
Figure 2 Factor Analysis of Agricultural Data
27-9
WHEAT = WHITE CORN= WHITE
BARE SOIL = WHITE
rr. -
=
ot
3
s
2
>
ALT. 5000 FT. TIME 1440 HR DATE 13 NOV. 1968
Figure 3 Regression Analysis of Agricultural Data
27-10
Figure 4 Sand Bars in Lake Michigan
27-11
NPR
aM
ie
Sa
ee
John E. Tyler
Visibility Laboratory
Seripps Institution of Oceanography
Our group has been actively engaged in making measurements of spectral
irradiance underwater for the last three or four years. We have accumu-
lated a considerable body of data not only on radiometric data but also
on other oceanic variables such as: chlorophyll concentration, primary
productivity, total particulate matter, temperature profile and trans-
mittance.
We are interested in both biological and physical aspects of radiant
energy in the sea. Our data give the energy available for photosynthesis.
At the same time our data quantitatively specify the optical signature
available underwater for the detection of surface chlorophyll from above
the water.
We now have pending two major publications; viz., a report on the
results of an expedition conducted by 8.C.0O.R. Working Group 15, which
will be published by The Office of Oceanography, UNESCO, Place de Fontenoy,
Paris 7°, France, and a monograph entitled "Measurements of Spectral Irra-
diance Underwater" to be published by Gordon and Breach Science Publishers,
150 Fifth Avenue, New York,New York 10011.
28-1
PEO hou
cee Gaul
OHA tt
MO ie Ne
WOAH
Morris Weinberg
Block Engineerina, Inc.
19 Blackstone Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts
| have not applied remote Raman spectroscopy to the sea surface.
My role at Block is in data analysis, quantitative snectral analysis,
field programs, etc. Quantitative analysis is remotely possible for
surfaces and gases.
29-1
OCEAN IRRADIANCE MEASUREMENTS USING
AN INTERFUROMBTER SPYCTROMETAR
Before discussing the data, I'd like to briefly
familiarize the reader with the mechanism of data reduction
LO EUS Vex pekaMehitw i LM un basi lOti Shows stMelaceval: Wambo
ESGOC|eSIN WISSC|| rsOse’ Oloyecishiquliarey elas Pate (Speer 0) eee
MERE jOlOE Shows Bin Wincoirrecered wecduceiom, Os Sjecexrum 2O, Ae
ANS jXOLME, AN WAWelenGiEn Seale iS SSezloll wSJnSdl lone elae OieeirinerceS
scale (spectral radiant emittance) is not yet calibrated.
(NOTE: “The wavelength Scale obtained from the antexterometer
spectrometer 1s really linear in wave number. Therefore, in
interpolating between wavelength points presented on each
Spectrum this fact should be incorporated). The next plot
SIMON TeloKS) Keliohe bray alialsjieraUlmlciole nalsisjoioyaliskc) |azubaKereaohay (one ielaKs) 14 92)Ul
spectrometer used in the measurements. Bach UncomTGecucdmspeeeraumnt
is divided by this function to properly display the actual
data. Note that the instrument response function is “bell
J
shaped Thus, we would expect the final structure in the
corrected spectrum to be somewhat modified from the uncorrected
corrected
i
lee
ry
Qs
#
D
cr
De
o
Fh
b
2
Ay)
ed
GENES} 5) | WAMS HAGE WS loOSSte TeViOLE Le
Spectrum an this sek. The rinal comrected Spectrum has) ats
SIMYOS MEE LEsl ig Elie AIOM EO COMLSECTCIOME: iO ILSLC—-Oik“val GW »
attenuation,:nunb2r of HENS, | Sue. I should be quick to make
two points:
29-2
1. Every spectrometer has an instrument function
and this function should be removed before attempting diagnostics
with the data. The interferometer spectrometer function closely
resembles that of the photomultiplier tube, alone, since there
Zee imo) Clisjioesiing Glemendess ReEMCe, a SSikoelay TebiaiesOm seSSeules-
2. Sinee instrument calibration corrections are
required for quantitative spectroscopic studies, compute
reduction of the data is really the most advantageous route
to follow. Hence, the necessity of performing Fourier trans-
formations on the computer in the case of this class of instruments
poses no constraint since one would resort to the computer
OVE elle Oeineie COrewOCERCMS.
The enclosed figures contain the computer reduced
spectra numbers 19-26. All of these spectra were obtained in
75 seconds with attenuation factors ranging from approximately
uO to 10". As you can see, the spectrometer was! hardly taxed
during the experiment.
Specena 9, 2s) and 24 wermeteaken ae che sumtace loi the
water uSing the modified light shield basket: we brought.
There was no glass bottom on the basket. fence, these three
spectra measure the zero depth upwelling irradiance at Eel
Pond during this time period. The measurements were taken
at aboule an 80° depressiicom angle looking down iamto the water.
29-9
Spectra 20, 21 and 22 were taken at the surface of
the water. These spectra would have contributions from
upwelling and reflected light. Again, the depression angle
of the spectrometer was 80°.
Spectra 25 and 26 were obtained by depressing the
spectrometer by about 80° and viewing ane gray card. These
measurements indicate the downwelling irradiance at the ee
of the measurements. The gray card is assumed to have 0.18
diffuse reflectivity coefficient over the spectral response
of the instruments.
1. All spectra should be matched in wavelength scales
when overlaying for comparison.
2. The irradiance scales on all spectra have been
normalized to ‘9 inches. Hence, structural details between
spectra can be compared readily while quantitative irradiance
differences are not well obtained by direct overlay.
3. The weak structure residing on top of the broad
spectra is probably noise and should be treated as such unless
it has regular repeatability from spectrum to spectrum.
© °
4. The data from 7000 A to 8000 A is noise domineted.
Jo ABE slissic Sie, “aS Aintevinal CoOMenSeeaGy OL cle
experiment is best validated lowe Conoainaine, 2S, ancl 26, ((cieeyy Care!) .
A direct overlay shows almost identical spectral structure versus
29-4
wavelength between these two spectra. I would estimate the
°
Suga eo momse vats 500 0A to be 20/1. The arradiance varies
by about a factor of 4 to 5 between these spectra. Most
of this variation is probably due to cloud cover changes. TI
would conclude that there as a high degree of Consistency in
SJOSCSrweicall SGieiavCieureS slid tela) seesiilicatine Gleicels — G@llouiel| loners swelipaiclieaiosn
does not appear to alter spectral shape.
Go Was jssjoeie loy Smmed eimel Wyler ain elie wo wicinell Cis
the Optical Society of America, 57, 589 (1967) will be used
as a guide in validating the Woods Hole experiment.
°
7. Our average Gray Card irradiance value at 5000 A
: 3 2 : , Sh
1S Zod s< IO” WM Werties/emi Us Comsicleiciing a Chlincwse seizileGiemyaicyy
Of the Gray Card of 0.18 we obtain a downwelling irradiance
4 2
wallue oi 1sS se dO" WW WecES/om” lM. Wyle, ie Cieeieens InAIKe,
Sle vis 5 2 : ‘
OQOL IMAC 2 WEIS Ol 2 ox NO” WM WerkeES/em” (Mo I Wowllkel Joa Sineilaimacl
EOMACCe pie Ehlsieractowm OF UO ditterence as paztivally beimedue
(c@ Cube SrSineSs aie Ciloucl Gower (seidiajos, El seer Cre Si) Glial ielie
TESHUALaLIMaLIONS) TEeeIcOIe OE 3 Oise 4! eis cl jo@Ssslolle Cinidone slim Cyl Cela losses
due to the stacking of many neutral density AMCs, AIL aim
ail, we could not havc hoped) for nuch) better resulces) any ehie
short time period for the work. I'm very encouraged with
this comparison.
ZS)
So Was AO BosorwoerCin Gajos ee BOO A and 4300 A
ame neal vand) due jto aceual dijos) im the) /solac (spectral imradianee
(see all spectra 19-26 for the intense absorption near 4000 A).
25 MAS Sicivicewica il COMSLSESMEGY stOIe IAS WoO Owe Welieeue
Spectra is excellent (compare 20, 21 ere DP) 6
lO, WS TreseICMeMeES WeseneieLein On ZO=BQ icclingies Oweire a
TAGEOIC OF AlOWUE 5.) Wale LAGEOI COMSArSS Taworeloly Wwatela ene
Gray Card data and is probably due to changing cloud cover.
Therefore, I would accept this variation as being real.
ll, COnesLceriag ZO as eae loSsst Woy OG WaESIe Sioxseierum
and comparing with the Gray Card data (25 and 26) at 4500 A
WO AAMC! Alig) aliceAGiAiMnGa Olt 65s) 5x 107 U wertes fone (i sE@ie ZO
and an average of 3 x Oo [ uatis/on ue stone ZS Bincl ZOE Siimce
the Gray Card reflectance is known as 0.18 one concludes that
the reflectance at the surface of the water is 0.04. Admittedly,
many meteorological changes were taking place during this
time period. Nevertheless, our value of 0.04 at 4500 h ecmpares
AVOID Wali) Ive Ss Walwe O12 O.O9) tO Creer ale,
12> Spectra, ZO=-22 are Yoecakiless”, Myler Closemyecd wine
Same effect in his work.
L3o Comijosiee ZO) eincl 25, Very lattle cGiikexenes soem
between Gray Card and Too of Water in structural detail.
\ t
29-6
I see no evidence of chlorophyll. Perhaps, if upwelling
irradiance were subtracted from the reflected light from the
SUNSESS Oi Clas Werecics ielaS O/aO A absorption would e seen.
Hab WS SieeKewheslil ComneSinte sa telme UpalelSie \wielie@ie Glee
compare almost identically (compare 19, 23, and 24).
5° irradiance has!) very slaght Ta aCien in these
Under Water data. The peak value changes from 36 to 52 u
wakes fon” [BO cMOSe SjxeCcEras 2 Would Exyoecr a Ciseeiesic
variation since the cloud cover changed over the time period
from 1:15 to 1:45. Perhaps, we were inadvertently "shadowing"
the water thus negating cloud cover changes.
16. The Under Water spectra have a definite "peak"
AE Bilaowlic Sloe A (Comoaire 19, 23 ame 24).
7. Tt doubt 1f the irradiance values measured are
truly upwelling. Tyler obtained a value of about 3 x 10° u watts/
ane uu for zero depth upwelling irradiance at Crater Lake while
2 °
we obtained about 45 pw watts/fem won 19, 23 and 24 at 5000 A.
Either the ocean upwelling irradiance is lower by a factor of
50 or we were inaeed, shadowing the irradiance (see Statement
WS) c
IUB— UMMSeS ALS) = COAG ELLS Sieioice) EYOSOoeLOM Cyclone
in the Under Water data that sets in near. 5500 A and attenuates
°o
the irradiance from 6900-7000 A.
Zo)
I certainly hope you find these spectra as interesting
Ag Wwe GHGs Gl teladils Elias sor Suen 2 Saori joeievocl alia Winslclo
to prepare and acquire the data, we should be happy to obtain
Ela S|. THMEOIMNEN ESL Ie SHE Wain g
29-8
FIGURE 1
to) faqaet
eee
rey eee
INC.
oO
N
£
=
u
af)
16)
oO
Q,
op
in
.
BLOCK ENGINEERING,
Interferogram
Used to Obta
17 August 1968
et
Se AiIseas heel
Beall ass eee
N
cal
a4
=)
1o)
H
iy
Massachusetts
Uncorrected
17 August 1968
BLOCK ENGINEERING,
Spectrum 20
Woods Hole,
a ih
HH
FIGURE 3
ING, INC.
s
INEER
beso
Spectrometer
17 August 1968
BLOCK ENG
Tesd ¢1s0
ise eee ee Ute | cl
a eer) | eaioteneryt A feta
= Mesa ce tants ees ‘
a D '
' sTeeLU eal fie
vlog Sy toy NL ] eaiies ty rid:
ef Gkle fore beae pass Soe PH fetes
Pee tp tet ~te
i tone [tere ict yeidd
Spectrum 20
Top of Water
17 August 1968
aie
efedu
HH Fey
fa
BLOCK ENGINEERING, INC.
ae
d .
ead
se
Hae ea ili
oe eae a
Seay |
ey ney ha
Tae en ara A
% oo ft ea
_ ee ee inna ral au ae =
fe He oes
nig ue aT ES eet 4 WN eta ata anna
eg rea ie aaiaailt ca
BEd ‘en enge i tae ital a ea
Ee eee eae
Hie Ge Hei tall inf tH
ean fat See re
|
an)
CE PD HiT He
oS EI HLS ii ri En ini NM
SEP eee re TEE ESSE TEST PET TE eee
iG peuanae
ja = in|
dt: Hn
a in ttptt ean Saas peas Lei
\ ae yaa! 23 Hee Sara on s4it nea i 4k
pag cares bans Trbedeben neret ' i anno paee
Bre ates gue t eal ri f wae i
mT eat
itt ieee unin an ial
Ltt 7; Hae tt 4+
700 E750 6000 SSO
1:20 pm
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
S000
a
acess
i ie
au
cae
SEER TEE Etaa cn i
FIGURE 4
asa a SREScaH Sedetoseslaetnie) 2eacdilosees
Sf Sa 2G a RE aN HuRUE He a Un
i He Snee 7 ean: La os pi
YSOO
ne Hee He Te
pare Pe
= ori = a-=f =
aoe Geers Cae ope Fane
Toon ora geri Sree matey 4
9Sne5 {ES i hs eo
BREWS SRSEs SESEE Beees ses eee -—————-
a
ae St
Bagece
Spamed yoons bases none
pesos Goan
cobabayeon pois:
(evan awe a!
SEEEEEERESEGEELETE EERE
acer a HTH : Be
EH Hitt Spectrum 19 Bbueie
at
FIGURE 5 HH tH
H ls an Under Water Hh ss
it i HVE
17 August 1968 i315) pm 4
2 eg ee ieee a Daa ee ae
eee ne
‘ine Ein (Hu Gia BSE HN yA BLOCK ee INC. dl
Hae eee ee | ee rear sO !
La gabe sg US a cs eS na AER ae aa Ce
SS ie eee
| es
a sf
an Lt +H Beee
a
FPSaGe on eee esaes
PPT td Wi
422 ga falea'-7,
8 Sag a
= ee HET aerate EMEA LEE
as eas EE ae
eal utters TE |
s Te cE an
4 au epd gue eeeesneta inte Eee ae ae
eee ee aes oe ei
Sooo ae fee ee
oc Hit pf poe
ap aie
een sri gaees esses ac ke aa ae H
ea aes ed aed a .
see ee aaa fiat :
ss eoess sade #8581 4 (ed stat 2? an faay’ S08 pa gese! ts i Hy sesee
ape fret AE apt see ST AG a
Cal ai ei oe eS 22 eae ee Soe an Che
fo0e 7000 6750 6000 SSO S000 SOO “4000
°
3zCA
en
A nc ESBS S| PRCE, M EB AI m
Spectrum 21
FIGURE 6
Top of Water
30 pm
1
17 August 1968
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
INC.
BLOCK ENGINEERING,
Gy seuegeeuue HEE 5
pot :
i t t 7 =
-- eer SEE u ra
Tay
+ I
oo fet e =
+ 45 + 4. :
re n
slats
Ine
+
+
! + n a
t fet Be i ga ao oo |
10 in ae Sonn eee fat
7 soees per T pao TReRs RSaws cas eteret ;
i OG au eee Sauee aol a anos alk t
t + “ac ioe Gi oi Tt = aa sues Ee
a8 su onees OSE LHe Beer ee
else aoe! t Hitt sists ats + + +H tT
seuda Gesga eaues SoeGpeueup saan Be
a gent i ue
== 2 + 1; ary i 43 zat
eae aae f 1 epee cose seas =f ts ST. pt +t
ze ad page eae Et |
+ a pane acess ou af AE
: ef + sist Baad aes
+4 r . :
t ea “tf: cae =
| i +
=A + ie qm 4 + z
= page t
pane 71 i +++
yt i rt Saao0 oone
SHO
SAO SCO
SSO
7008 6750
Spectrum 22 H
Top of Water : FIGURE 7
17 August 1968 1:35 pm ai IEELSHOR! Htadtazoal deat eter tea
sesenge Ht geese
HH ae HTH} oH
Woods Hole, Massachusetts a oo
BLOCK ENGINEERING, INC. nee HH Af at H !
og
aoe i
Cn ee
SCE een ge
ee
i ieee rata th
ofl
Diet icf Fe ges
ete eae
Ft He ae
ece
Ht
getaie a
anit
a
ae
<< eee esees cone on a =
ee = +4
= —— - eo
aes paust pened seaa raguoee!
e525 SSUSS 88555 ceeussascs cence aoree 022222 =
bases
oe
CoH
Beit ie
eeees ot
cs
jogs senas senes peene Buca
TI
eGo FEees Cae
Bain
oan
Massachusetts
17 August 1968
ods Hole,
Spectrum 23
Under Water
wo
ee +
seget teeeaeee.. Covet stead faze
popes socesseeus Seess
FIGURE 8
32750 A
4000
SOO
S00
S500
6000
7000 6750
§000
scgges canes i ERE Se AF Bpaseecn ah ;
See See ti - H a Under Water i
sdaaid ebee atts ast Be Seeeiiertiaaeeeeeetit ee | 49 August 1968 2:55 pm | 4
ede test ae eee : atari
pa ee at AR ae A i Woods Hole, Massachusetts
ETE ia Si came aim of : fv H if BLOCK ENGINEERING, INC. )
Se eT |
Bi a ae
at He
jou pees
}
i Hil i i
ice Cau ae HHT ERT HUT Ga en aa fit a ee ae
ees ne seoeenacra Hi cae a
fet ae A ae ane ee er PE eT A All HEE ee
TE eee ee ee Te Te eT a AG pa a
ae eee ia Se utc | i 1 aAeeH ten EEO VE
i CHEE Taree une eel aay
See ise a =a) See
fee flees
Eagundi
csdidaaey ieessssaisigttttz
ay SbSssiagaa sues taeda
4 anna
- 4 popes
oe Haunt oe: sent SE
ce EUG be ea :
Ee
Faiteaiesstag fhe Hee aarti
tel eta
LL = ae SEPT HH
H r= ge Sees taeed sages pgees se) aoe HH
SEES filet UR; Haae eed tae aed ezazeed cd = oe
Bat ile ae an GG CG TR aie
adeee ead ope aa teas aay Oh UF Seviedd deed a aad Haat anenOnee ee i
Se gf ah ile ctl nue teu HE eee EE HE fe |
esse eniinse eee AE EEG ea IPR eee ER inate ae ETRE oe Shay
seu ane SESE eT RITE FEES HE ne nate Eee eet Hee epaees tam FH,
mae atiaa t ii Ht ue SE ' saan HE i Hin Al
nif ‘iia adil fiale siteal tz HEHE Hi TE aH HEH tH EH fl HEHE aoe ageddeavsate Soute feet He HH
82200 F000 E750 6000 SSO S000 4SCO 4f000 BIsDA
oe aa i
oF al!
HIHEeeat ieee
Seat
Spectrum 25
Gray Card
17 August 1968 2:00 pm
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
BLOCK ENGINEERING, INC.
een dite ae
ry
Bs SsasaGSERCORERSESGRSSUasEsaey
petsgests site! a HEE el
Se
Etta if
HEH ese Wie ape OF
LT
fe FE a Gray Card
a ar 17 August 1968 2:05 pm
i uae 3 ne Woods Hole, Massachusetts
ed be BLOCK ENGINEERING, INC.
thea
She
TY arras Thee PROG S oF
ef raat ai if ifs 1 ae tes zt
SuEaE Seebe bade seat
rib edie
i i i
' of as GRR CER IE Lira vy rlitdecd { nae cea
EID CAE SH
TE one ana EW a
HG 0 EG alae fi
PR ie i
cae NA Ha ee eautr at geen ute
ee al
tf a ade U Gay pauER ami a
cae ee st cna
a a
nai ' i
AS ad aida!
ERNE a ll 0) Wl HY ea,
Ny cen Ga a Se Ap bis
SB kee eet ata eet Fr RE Pe eG
hi se | HALA ae ae
ft Ce ter eg ert et eae | Sr A a HUT TREE LES TEST
EF FT He ee Sa aT, ape ae ne aig TEAL a
# eet bo copes ee alta Tie
PSEA En EE ae i tt iL -|
ear aE cg A A A ae HEHE
Te See Oe za a
Cee a fae ea ee oe eee it
aoe Sel fed teed tees aes tga eaasaeeat nee C tie Hu ante if ae
HH |
oe = ee a
a steric
i i elas Uhl
ee |p — 8 Hie | it
a Shades tee j iy aaF FEE ee See FRAT eet i +4]
a eee ee Eu neue Hee at eave ete are UN Te ay
HHT Og G0 lac Re aes eau ae Fa Feb tneeeeel gat ses (azerted tpeeted eaeeen etaaen Ee a
Ei ti cH aie a HET ieee ae ie ere tee CEE 2 EE GET HET HE EE laren te
EEE aah Sea asted dee Een HaEe njads 2 uasetop uel au seee) gat ePataant udazeed ageedE(MEEATEG eu PWOT EFTAREE TN
S000 7000 6750 6200 S500 S000 SOC WO BISL
ane hehe s det | Sit
Peter G. White
TRW Systems
One Space Park
Redondo Beach, California
The bulk of my activity deals with remote sensors--most for
space vehicles, some for air and ground. My interest lies in
ocean color, with studies beginning four years ago--studies of
sensing problems, design and instrumentation specifically for ocean
color measurements. Currently I am determining requirements of
instrumentation for ocean color mapping systems.
30-1
ij ,
t Vastly bus ph ay tat te a
a
Charles S. Yentsch
Physical Oceanographic Laboratory
Nova University
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Studies in our laboratory concern photochemical events that
occur in Natural Ocean waters. The principal reaction is photosynthesis;
however, we are becoming aware of other reactions that are driven by
light energy. In the course of these studies we have developed
photographic techniques which may be of interest to this group.
To be brief, we have been able to convert three color densitometry
values taken from common color film into monochromatic data (see papers
by Baig and Yentsch and De Marsh in this volume). The technique depends
upon establishment of a mean monochromatic curve for the images to be
studied. In our case the image is the spectral absorption curve
typical for marine phytoplankton. The dominance of chlorophyll «a
absorption in these spectra allows the establishment of a mean curve
where the deviation from the mean, at certain wavelengths is quite
small.
We have also examined the amount of light and its spectral
characteristics, backscattered from the Bahamana Banks. These data
show that the influence of bottom reflection is of prime importance
to a depth of about 25 meters. Below this depth, total volume
scattering from the water column is the important factor.
31-1
, Reprinted from APPLIED OPTICS, Vol. 8, page 2566, December 1969
Copyright 1969 by the Optical Society of America and reprinted by permission of the copyright owner
A Photographic Means of Obtaining
Monochromatic Spectra of Marine Algae
S. R. Baig and C. S. Yentsch
Oceanographic Center, Nova University, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida 33316.
Received 16 July 1969.
There are many cases in which it is time-consuming or difficult
to measure routinely the visible absorption spectra of a large
number of samples. Multivariate analysis of color photographs
of the samples provides a simple method by which it is possible
to reconstruct the spectra once the material of interest has been
spectrophotometrically calibrated. It is then only necessary to
take a photograph and measure the density of the three dye
layers in the film with a three-color densitometer. From these
data the absorption spectrum can be generated.
The original application of characteristic vector analysis to
photographic problems was made by Simonds. He was able
to reconstruct any one of over 100 Hurter-Driffield curves
(density vs log exposure) using the mean curve of the samples and
four vectors and their corresponding scalar multipliers. The
mathematical technique is outlined and an example calculated
in his paper.
2566 APPLIED OPTICS / Vol. 8, No. 12 / December 1969
31-2
Table |. Mean and Vectors. Linear Regression Formulas for
Calculating Scalar Multiples from Log Exposure Values
A(nm) Mean ee Visa V5"
400 5S. 1 66.34 —3.185 — 14.08
410 60.5 66.93 —8.025 —7.92
420 61.8 68.33 —12.78 —4.10
430 63.0 69.75 —18.17 —0.77
440 61.9 aealets —21.25 0.26
450 56.8 69.76 —18.11 1.398
460 Pai) 68.02 —17.36 3.952
470 50.7 68.07 — 14.10 9.262
480 48.8 67.66 —12.65 6.771
490 47.5 65.99 —10.67 6.281
500 42.6 63.20 —4.889 3. 8d2
510 op. Ll 57.97 Neo 2) 0.4849
520 27.4 46.12 >. 981 —().2175
530 22.8 39.438 he: 0.1375
d40 20.0 28.41 8.484 2.656
550 Noe 24.51 8.779 4.421
560 16.8 24.33 9.102 4.546
570 17.4 28.48 9.015 3.498
d5S0 18.1 34.39 6.785 Teatit2
590 18.6 38.09 7.008 1.439
600 19.1 40.49 6.892 le
610 20.6 43.98 7.009 1.682
620 Pe) 47.18 6.745 2.156
G30 ee) 47.61 6.512 2.300
640 eri 49 85 8.219 ».226
650 24.7 57.61 11.90 10.50
660 29.5 60.73 11.59 14.33
670 oto 68. 7$ 8.026 16.44
680 36.3 68.15 6.065 13.37
690 24.2 49.14 8.607 6 547
700 1S PBS ars teas 0.2942
“V, = 0.799 log exposure R + 0.133 log exposure G@ + 0.832
log exposure B — 0.679.
* Vo = 3.010 log exposure 2 + 1.887 log exposure GF — 3.192
log exposure B + 0.596.
“V3 = 3.625 log exposure 2 — 0.550 log exposure G — 2.683
log exposure B + 0.650.
We have successfully applied the technique to the reconstruc-
tion of visible absorption spectra of a group of nine cultured
marine algae. We filtered 50 ml of each culture onto a plain
white gla---fiber filter, 25 mm in diameter. The absorption
spectrum of each filtered sample was measured in a Beckman
DK-1A_ specirophotometer according to Yentsch’s method.?
Within 10 min a photograph was taken of each of the filtered
algae. The film was Ivastman 5242, Ektachrome EF, type B;
iHumination was by electronic flash with an 85B filter used over
the 35-mm camera lens. A gray seale and a blank glass-fiber
filter were also photographed for calibration and reference. The
Welch Densichron was used to measure the tri-color densities.
It was calibrated against a step wedge of known densities. The
error in Measurement was 2:0.0f optical density.
From the gray scale the ) log &£ curves are constructed for
each of the three layers of the film. These provide a check on
processing operations and film sensitivity (ASA speed). The
18%, gray patch imaged with each filter is used to correct for
inevitable variations in exposure. The first 18¢¢ gray patch is
used as a standard for each roll of film. Any variations in the
tri-color densities of subsequent patches are converted to log
exposures. The same log exposure correction is made for the
filterimage. In this way all filters are reduced to the equivalent
exposire.
The actual absorption spectra were subjected to characteristic
vector analysis using an IBM 1130 computer. The operation
in outline was as follows:
(1) Write the r optical densities of the m algal spectra in
rows, one spectrum per row. The r columns are then the optical
densities at LO-nm increments.
(2) Find the mean optical density of each column.
(3) Subtract the mean optical density from all of the optical
densities in the corresponding column. This array is called the
n-row by r-colttumn mean corrected data matrix. !
(4) Prepare the transpose of the matrix generated in step 3.
This new matrix has 7 rows and n columns. Each element
a,,, of the step 8 matrix becomes the element a,,,, of the transpose.
(5) Premultiply matrix 3 by matrix 4 (its transpose) to
yield anv by 7 matrix.
(6) Caleulate m eigen-vectors and -values of matrix 5.
Weighing coefficients w,, are calculated by dividing each element
of each vector by the corresponding root 10 yield an 1 X 7 matrix.
Sealar multiples y,,,, ave caleulated by summing the products of
Wy X (mean o.d.),,,. The scalar multipliers indicate how much
of each vector is needed to add to the mean to reconstitute any
particular absorption spectrum. Table I shows the average
values and the three eigenvectors for a group of algae.
The three-layer color film ean be thought of as a three-channel
synchronous recording device. To see if three vectors are enough
to account for all the variation among samples it was only nec-
essary {0 see what percent of the trace of the determinant of the
above matrix was accounted for by each root. The first root
accounted for 92.286, the first two for 96.91°%. No substantial
improvement was observed by increasing the number beyond
three, which gave a total of 98.11% for the trace.
The red, green, and blue (Wratten 92, 92, 94 filters) densities
were converted to log exposure of each picture and these were
regressed in {turn upon each of the three corresponding scalar
multiples to give a least-square fit. Examples of reconstituted
spectra and their fit with the original spectra are shown in (Fig.
1. The scalar multiples for these fits are calculated from film
densities.
Good fits of the actual spectra were found for most algae be-
cause of the dominance of chlorophyll a in determining the mean.
It is noted that Jess perfect agreement is obtained in the region
in which the accessory pigments, carotenoids, and chromopro-
teins, absorb. The over-all fit of reconstructed spectra can be
A
\
/ » 589 VAN 605
/
{ : c
\ N
5 f\ A
\ Hi \ \ { \
o3 / \ \
: ) | /
a O02 SG \ Sear
irq 7 ¥
2 o1 Ke ~ ———————— e——_— — —— —SE
a —
= OGN/ZON 590 592
2 Y/ \
3 =
ost \
\
o4 \
\
o3 \
\
02 \
Aa
400 500 600 700 400 500 600 70c
WAVE LENGTH - (nm)
Fig. 1. Absorption spectra of four marine algae. 589 is Nanno-
chloris atomus; 590 is Aphanizamenon holsgatiewm; 592 is Por-
phoridium sp.; and 605 is Phaeodactylum tricornutum. The solid
line = measured spectra, and the dotted line = reconstituted
spectra.
December 1969 / Vol. 8, No. 12 / APPLIED OPTICS 2567
31-3
improved by deemphasizing the role of the accessory pigments.
This can be done by increasing the step width to 20-50-nm in-
crements in the region wherein they absorb. (Preliminary
results with a much larger algal set indicate that only two vectors
account for most of the variation. The 400-580-nm region was
sampled in 20-nm steps. The 600-700-nm region was sampled
in 5-nm steps. )
The usefulness of the method lies in its ability to produce
visible absorption spectra of a large number of samples which
must be examined simultaneously. The number of samples that
can be examined simultaneously is only a function of film dimen-
sion and image size, the inter- and intralayer diffusion of the dyes
in the film providing a lower bound to image size. Camera and
lens combinations establish an upper bound to film dimension.
Subjects in which a visible change occurs with time are es-
pecially amenable to this treatment. Instead of correlating
film densities of photographs of a number of different subjects,
one would be dealing with varying concentrations of the same
subject. Once spectrophotometrically calibrated it would not be
necessary, for example, to remove the subject from a transparent
2568 APPLIED OPTICS / Vol. 8, No. 12 / December 1969
aes
enclosure. The film furthermore provides an accurate record of
any visible change. An important advantage gained by the
method is that the photograph can be taken in a fraction of the
time needed for a spectrophotometric scan. Times of the order
of 0.01 sec are usual. This permits surveillance of fast changing
stationary subjects. If the scale of reproduction desired in the
photograph is too large to permit a single photograph to be made,
smaller areas may be photographed in a fraction of the time it
would take to scan them spectrophotometrically. The photo-
graphic technique has obvious advantages and is important in
aerial surveillance, since it is possible to preserve a degree of
micro-variation over wider areas.
We thank LeRoy DeMarsh of Eastman Kodak Research
Laboratories for his continuing assistance with this work.
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation
(#GB-7088) and the Atomic Energy Commission [#AT-(401)-3845].
References
1. J. L. Simonds, J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 53, 968 (1963).
2. C.S. Yentsch, Limnol. Oceanogr. 7, 207 (1962).
Color Fiim as an Abridged Spectral Radiometer
Spectral measurements are usec in many research’ problems.
Can collor film be used to make these measurements? The answer
is yes for some problems. In many instances the problem is
not one of identifying one particular speetral curve from an
infinaty of possible ones. More often one is working with a
fairly well-defined population of possible spectral curves. ‘Two
examples of such populations are the spectral absorbances of
algae samples and the spectral distribution variations of natural
Gaylight.
A-collor film measures the amount of zed; sreen, and bime
iignit 2c sees reflected from an object. These measurements;
the red, green, and blue layer exposures of the film, then control
the amount of cyan, magenta, and yellow dye that are formed in
the layers. If we measure the spectral density curve of a film
image and compare this curve with that of the original object,
we usually find a poor correlation. Such a comparison is show
in Fisure 1. The absorbance curve of an algae sample is show
asea douved Wine wthe taln image as acsolva Tine. nis is
iow
obviously not the way to use a color filmi for’ spectral measuring
device, although it has been tried. A color film does not need
to produce a spectral matcn to the objects it records. Color
films do attempt to produce an image whicn looks like the
original object.
HeGis walk a Glosieie Toole 2h “wlasksy ial lin’ ahmelers 5 Atos at al Mon
image is produced by combining three dyes. This image of an
aleae sample consisted of the dye amounts showm in Figure e.
Ali the images produced by this film are produced with various
amounts of these three dyes. When I want to measure the spectral
density curve of a color-film image, I do not need to use a
spectrophotometer. I know that the film image contains only
three dyes. 1 can calculate, the amounts of) the ayes) in anvimage
from three measurements--the red, green, and blue densities of
the film sample. These analytical densitometry techniques are
familiar to most photographic engineers. From the dye amounts
and the spectral density curves of the individual dyes, I can
compute the spectral density curve of the film sample. Thus I
can construct the entire sneatral density curve from three measurements
31-6
This same idea can be applied to other spcctral meesuring
problems. The question is, "Can the population of spectral curves
being studied be analyzed as though it were being produced with
combinations of three or fewer components?" To be more specific,
"Can the pepMLersen of spectral data be matched with linear
combinations of three basis curves?" Characteristic vector
analysis can be used to answer this question.
Simonds?
has described the application of characteristic
vector analysis to optical response data and illustrates in detail
a procedure for callcullating echaracteristie vectors. Kor this
analysis we first compute the average curve for the population
and subtract this average curve from each of the samples in the
population. An iterative procedure is then used to compute a
set of basis curves or vectors. These vectors describe the var-
iations of the population: about the average. A small number of
characteristic vectors can often describe a complex set of data.
In the procedure described by Simonds, one computes the vectors
31-7
in order of decreasing significance. ‘hat is, the first vector
describes the largest part of the variation, and subsequent
vectors describe smaller parts of the variability.
Tre nques|TLOn" TOrNOuR Spe Curalemcasumimne | problemas,
"Can the first three vectors describe our ponuletion of data with
sufficient accuracy?" The average curve and the first three
characteristic vectors for a population of algae curves® are
shown in Figure 3. The values of these curves are shown plotted
versus wavelength. These vectors can be thought of as the "dyes"
which combine to make up the varicus algae spectral curves.
These vectors fit the algae curves with a standard error of |) 203.
Each of the spectral absorbance curves in the population can be
matched by combining the average curve and some amount of each
of the three vectors.
ey Aint Lah Vigt Mo) Vey 3 V3%
A
A = the spectral absorbance curve (1)
Y¥,,Yo,Y2 = the amounts of the vectors
haracteristic vectors
Q
aU T — }
Vip Voy Vay the
The reconstruction of one of the algae curves is shoym in Figure 4.
31-8
Judd, MacAdam, and Wyszecki? have shown that the
variations which occur in natural daylight (sunlight + skylight)
Can be fitted with two characteristic vectors. The average
eurve and the first two characteristic vectors for their data
are shown in Figure 5. The spectral energy distributions of 622
samples of daylight can be matched by linear combinaticns of these
ue
curves.
Characteristic vector analysis reduces the dimensionality
Of a set of data to a mingmum. Kach of the daylight spectral
distributions can be represented by a point in a two-dimensional
Spacen Hachwou mchelalacel absorbance weurves) Canube Pepresenved
by a point in a three-dimensional space. This is illustrated in
Figure 6. The coordinates of this three-dimensional space are
the vector amounts Y) -Yo-Y3. Three points are shoym plotted in
Figure 6. The locations of each of these points is determined
by how much of each of the vectors are required to match that
sample.
The spectral sensitivities of a color film define another
three-dimensional soace. The coordinates of this three-space
}
(Figure 7) ere the red, green, and blue layer exposures of the
Ss)
film. Each of the algae samples when photographed will result
in some red, green, and blue exposure and hence can be represented
by a point in this space hid WS Chel raltqyel el wieelals ronal ici. Cin
between these two three-dimensional spaces, then we can compute
the vector scalars ¥1,Yo,Y3 MeO TNS scsi EGHYoOSswUeSsS Ih G5 18}
( Yo | Sei oC j (2)
ae
One potential problem here is a situation where two samples have
different spectral curves and hence plot at different points in
the vector space, but give the same film exposures. Ine Swela
metamers exist, there can be no transformation between the two
coordinate systems. Assuming that a transformation can be
found, we can compute the vector scalars from the film exposures
and then construct the spectral curve from the vector amounts--
Y¥1,Yo,¥3 and’ the vectors V1;,Vo,V3 plus the average curve Av (Eq. 1).
How can we calibrate a film to apply this aparece
Hirst.) at) asinecessaryoto, Obtain ispeciticall ienicves (Oma) muUmMbe TNO
Samples which represent the population to be studied. The number
of samples required would depend on tne nature of tne population.
31-10
hree characteristic vectors and the amounts of the vectors
required to matcl: cach sample are calculated from these data.
The film exposures can be determined in one of two ways. If
all the physical data are available, we can compute the film
SxpPOSURes Gunecciiilive, I backine thei physical idaten svc ican photograph
the calibreting samples’ and derive tne film exposures .by paoto-
graphic photometry as shown in Figure 8. The transformation
between the two coordinate systems can then be estimated by
multiple regression analysis.
The transformation between color film exposure and the
algae vector space is shown in Equations 3.
Ma = 0.7324*R + 0.2901*G + 0O.7944*B - 0.6980
Yigg = SaMOhOMR ce LoVAMONG = S05) (nt) On (sisi) ()
Wa © -5.5420*R + 6.8750*G + 6.3600*B - 0.6450
The algae curve showm in Figure 1 and a curve computed from film
exposures is shown in Figure 9. The original curve is shown as
a solid line, the reconstruction from film data as +.
The transformation between film exposures and daylight
vector space is shown in Equations 4.
WaT =O 59 2023 — 25 (so0OuG ar) sjolOs, (Oss
16.100*R - 19.360%*G + 6.6440*B
Yo
Sel
TMhiemueeCOns Piewlets Oma Oman Carmine |CIMeICe Va CUE iIcOT sess O SMES
is shown in Figure 10.
These two examples illustrate a method whereby a color
film can be calibrated and uses as an abridged spectral measuring
device. It must be emphasized that this procedure must be used
With Cau Nene Hach worobmern must De wanaly zed. and speci le icalmbicalie some
derived for that problem. The four main requirements which must
bel met Hor the application of this procedure are listed below:
WG | Hvaver joxoyoibllencaiieya, Ont spectral curves must be specifiable.
Only curves drawn from this population can be measured.
Zs SUMRAISS Ceisieeoewoicahs icalo WoC comos ibis Cascio wale
POpDUMa tony Om CURVES Wich Sumi CHent a aeceumalcive.
3. The population of curves contains no metamers, in
terms of the film spectral sensitivities.
4, A transformation between the vector space and the
film exposure space can be found.
If more than three vectors are required to describe the population,
@ color film cannot be used. A panchromatic black-and-white film
exposed througn several narrow band filters could be used for
MORE -COnplaicaceGa (Sys Gems.
31-12
O02
-} aanGi~
009 OOS OO
Ol
S}29qQ au) UjIM abdwW| Wy!4 D Jo Ajisuag jO4joads jo uoSsIuDdWO4D
=D
002
"0 esnGi4y
ae \ jusuoduu09
ce Djuadoyy
juguodwoy
abou) wil 4 NG MO} 2A
Coe
31-14
002
009
© 4O\a/\
| JOJDa/\
QAIND abo
OOS
2 10}99/\
vO
9'0
onal
oa) @AN Gry
fey 009 X 00s 00+
EA 11Z9'- “ABB60'- 'A8ZOO'-AV =
BAIND PalNySuOd9Yy +
aAand jDuUIbi4C
31-16
009
(WU) Yj Huajard\\
00S
abouaay
4
OOv
2 0-
c'O
v'O
9'0
8'0
0'|
ra
Balter
cA
9IDdS 40jI9/\
9 a4nbi-;
|DUOISUaLUIG - ad4y |
31-18
90DdS ansodxy wil
‘2 aanbry
B0DdS 10}d9/\
31-19
QAING) J bo7 1
Uj! 5
31-20
002
Bh aanbsy
009 OOS OOv
UOIJONAJSUODOY +
DjJop joulbluig ——
SOINSOdXA wIl4 40j09
wool} ajdwios iby yo Ayisuag uoydaijay JO uolyONsjsuOdeY
51=21
: x
002 009 00¢ 00%
DJDP jOUIDIUQ +
uoljonsjsuodayy ———
S|
Saunsodxg Wij 40}0D Woy aAing ABueug jybijADG Dd jo uOlONsjsUOddEy
31-22
ip
ae
Nao
Gay ey
ee 5 +
bpp hrs
;
wt
Live Music Archive
Librivox Free Audio
Metropolitan Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Internet Arcade
Console Living Room
Books to Borrow
Open Library
TV News
Understanding 9/11