Table 1.
Color scale illustration of the increase of Rrs in three typically considered spectral bands of visible light obtained through radiative transfer modeling for three types of ocean waters and three kinds of dispersed oils. Blue bands: 400–510 nm, green bands: 510–590 nm, red bands: 590–700 nm.
| BD | CL | FL | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bands | Green Bands | Red Bands | Blue Bands | Green Bands | Red Bands | Blue Bands | Green Bands | Red Bands | |
| oligotrophic water (Chl-a 0.1 mg/m3) | ~2-fold | ~3-fold | ~2-fold | ~3-fold | ~4-fold | ~5-fold | ~2-fold | ~4-fold | ~6-fold |
| mesotrophic water (Chl-a 1 mg/m3) | 50–80% | 50–80% | 30–45% | 80–100% | ~2-fold | ~2-fold | <20% | ~2-fold | ~2-fold |
| 30–45% | |||||||||
| 50–80% | |||||||||
| eutrophic water (Chl-a 10 mg/m3) | <20% | <20% | <20% | 20–30% | 20–30% | 20–30% | <20% | 20–30% | 20–30% |