On the role of the seawater absorption-to-attenuation ratio in the radiance polarization above the southern Baltic surface
Journal: Ocean science
Year: 2019

Abstract. Information about polarization of light leaving the ocean surface has the potential to improve the quality of bio-optical parameter retrieval from ocean color remote sensing (OCRS). This improvement can be applied in numerous ways, such as limiting of Sun glints and obtaining information about atmospheric aerosol properties for atmospheric correction as well as increasing the accuracy of the algorithms based on the water-leaving signal. Polarization signals at the top of the atmosphere