ABSTRACT
Measuring the inherent optical properties of sea water from real environments is important for understanding the propagation of light through water to determine how much light is available for primary production (photosynthesis) and for optical communications with low-energy communications between underwater autonomous vehicles. As instrumentation for measuring the inherent optical properties of marine waters becomes more advanced, the data produced by the emerging instruments is becoming more complex. Polychromatic optical signals from light transmission through complex marine waters may be addressed with chromatic techniques. However, chromatic Lab addressing methods may be deployed to quantify the different marine water characteristics from each of the four sites. The approach could be used by either an automated system or as an input for a machine learning system.
