Abstract: Simulation method of sea water which contains spherical and non-spherical particles of suspended solid and phytoplankton based on Monte Carlo Ray Tracing: MCRT is proposed for identifying non-spherical species of phytoplankton. From the simulation results, it is found that the proposed MCRT model is validated. Also some possibility of identification of spherical and non-spherical shapes of particles which are contained in sea water is shown. Meanwhile, simulations with the different shape of particles, Prolate and Oblate show that Degree of Polarization: DP depends on shapes. Therefore, non-spherical shape of phytoplankton can be identified with polarization characteristics measurements of the ocean.

Kohei Arai and Yasunori Terayama, “Monte Carlo Ray Tracing Simulation of Polarization Characteristics of Sea Water Which Contains Spherical and Non-Spherical Particles of Suspended Solid and Phytoplankton” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 3(6), 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2012.030614

@article{Arai2012,
title = {Monte Carlo Ray Tracing Simulation of Polarization Characteristics of Sea Water Which Contains Spherical and Non-Spherical Particles of Suspended Solid and Phytoplankton},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2012.030614},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2012.030614},
year = {2012},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {3},
number = {6},
author = {Kohei Arai and Yasunori Terayama}
}