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Bidirectional reflectance of dry and submerged Labsphere Spectralon plaque
1Department of Physics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33124, USA. voss@physics.miami.edu
Applied Optics
|October 28, 2006
Abstract:
We present the bidirectional reflectance of a Labsphere calibration plaque, both dry and submerged in water, at normal illumination. The measurements indicate that when submerged in water, the Labsphere calibration plaque has a higher reflectance value than when dry at viewing angles below 55 degrees . The results are presented in the form of a reflectance factor and are useful for calibrating underwater reflectance measurements.

