SELF-CONSISTENT SOLUTIONS TO THE EQUATION OF TRANSFER WITH ELASTIC AND INELASTIC-SCATTERING IN OCEANIC OPTICS .1. MODEL

A new self-consistent two-stream method has been developed that allows for both elastic and inelastic processes including fluorescence. What makes this method very useful is that it contains adjustable paramete rs that can be selected to fit experimental data. It also has the robu stness to cover a complete range of inherent oceanic parameters rangin g from the very clear to the most turbid. The method also uses real so lar spectral input so that one can also perform chromaticity coordinat e calculations for ocean color. Apparent optical properties such as ir radiance and scalar irradiance can be computed at any depth in the oce an.