Title
Spaceborne underwater imaging
Abstract
Shallow waters are very important for human and biological activity. Remote sensing of these areas is challenging, as it requires separation of ocean (or lake) bottom, water and atmospheric effects. In this paper we describe a concept and theory for spaceborne recovery of the underwater depth map, optical characteristics of the water and atmosphere, and the descattered ocean bottom. The sensing is based on multi-angular geometry and polarization. An orbiting platform captures a subspace of the Earth's light field, which is sensitive to the atmospheric and water characteristics. Consequently, it is possible to invert the image formation process using the acquired data. Recovery is simplified using recent findings about natural characteristics of deep water backscatter and surface transmissivity. It also exploits accumulated historical sounding data.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/ICCPHOT.2011.5753124
Computational Photography
Keywords
Field
DocType
atmospheric optics,bathymetry,hydrological techniques,lakes,oceanographic techniques,remote sensing,underwater optics,Earth light field,atmospheric effects,biological activity,deep water backscatter,human activity,image formation process,lake bottom,multiangular geometry,ocean bottom,remote sensing,shallow waters,spaceborne underwater imaging,surface transmissivity,underwater depth map,water optical characteristics
Atmospheric optics,Atmosphere,Depth sounding,Computer science,Remote sensing,Backscatter,Bathymetry,Image formation,Depth map,Underwater
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-61284-707-8
6
0.44
References 
Authors
12
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yoav Y. Schechner150336.73
Diner, D.J.24017.27
Martonchik, J.V.33415.28