<title>Laser probing of the upper waters of the Atlantic and seas around Europe</title>

Abstract

The task of investigation of distribution in upper ocean waters of light absorbing and light scattering admixtures is of great interest for oceanology and, specifically, for appreciation of ecological state of sea waters and their contamination of human matters, first of all, by oil products. Among different measuring methods there are especially perspective ones -- methods of sea laser probing from ship's side without stopping of the ship, which allow to make 'simultaneous measures' in quite different voyages -- tourist, cargo, research cruises and etc. Measures (which did not request stopping of the ship), accompanied by taking of probes during motion for subsequent laboratory analyses were organized in the 53 cruise of R/V 'Akademik Kurchatov' around European continent (1994). The works of such type were executed also in the 26 cruise of R/V 'Vityaz' in Atlantic ocean (1991).