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    • Environmental Science
    • Optical Physics

    Background:

    • Oil spills pose significant environmental risks.
    • Accurate monitoring of oil slick thickness and properties is crucial for effective response.
    • Optical methods offer a non-invasive approach for remote sensing of marine pollution.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and validate a physical model for retrieving the extinction coefficient of oil films on the sea surface.
    • To relate the extinction coefficient to oil film thickness, incident light angle, and wavelength.
    • To assess the impact of scattering and photon attenuation on spectral reflectance.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized a physical model based on two-beam interference and the equal-thickness difference method.
    • Simplified the extinction coefficient into a quadratic equation dependent on film thickness, incident angle, and wavelength.
    • Conducted laboratory-simulated oil spill experiments to measure film reflectivities.
    • Inverted extinction coefficients for oil films using visible light spectral reflectance data.

    Main Results:

    • Successfully inverted the extinction coefficient of oil films using the developed physical model.
    • Established a relationship between extinction coefficient and oil film characteristics (thickness, incident angle, wavelength).
    • Demonstrated the influence of scattering and photon attenuation on spectral reflectance measurements.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed model provides a viable method for determining oil film extinction coefficients.
    • This technique can enhance the remote sensing capabilities for oil spill detection and characterization.
    • Understanding optical properties is key to improving marine oil pollution monitoring.