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Contribution of Raman scattering to upward irradiance in the sea

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Measurements of underwater irradiance revealed that the vertical attenuance in upward irradiance for wavelengths above 520 nm decreased with increasing depth, while the attenuance in the remaining wavelength region and also the attenuance in the downward irradiance in the whole wavelength range kept almost constant values. In this paper, it is suggested that the decrease in the attenuance for the upward irradiance above 520 nm can be ascribed to the Raman scattering of water molecules excited by the intense blue-green light in the downward irradiance.

The pure water Raman scattering function at a scattering angle of 90° is measured and the results are used for the theoretical computation of upward irradiance generated by Raman scattering. Then, the difference between observed upward irradiance and the upward irradiance obtained by extrapolation from that in the shallow layers is computed under the assumption of constant irradiance attenuance. Since this difference is expected to represent the upward irradiance generated by Raman scattering, its value is compared with the upward irradiance due to Raman scattering obtained by theoretical computation. The similarity between the two upward irradiances so evaluated supports the view that Raman scattering makes a significant contribution to upward irradiance in the longer wavelength region.

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  1. The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Hirosawa 2-1, 351-01, Wako, Saitama, Japan

    Shigehiko Sugihara, Motoaki Kishino & Noboru Okami

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Sugihara, S., Kishino, M. & Okami, N. Contribution of Raman scattering to upward irradiance in the sea. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan 40, 397–404 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02303065

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