Investigation of a Raman scattering spectral model for seawater containing a composite salt solute

Abstract

To satisfy the demand for active remote sensing of ocean salinity, this paper proposes a Raman spectra, salinity, and temperature model for seawater. Seawater is a solution containing a composite salt solute, changes in the solute, temperature, and salinity of seawater can affect the intensity of Raman spectra. It is difficult to directly analyze the influence of various factors on the Raman spectra of seawater. Therefore, the Raman spectra of solutions containing a single solute and mixed solutions were detected, and the effect of solutions containing different solutes on the spectra was analyzed. The experimental results revealed the variation in the low- and high-frequency spectral intensities of the Raman spectra with salinity and temperature. The Raman spectra of seawater were modeled as a function of temperature and salinity using the low- and high-frequency area ratios, and the spectra of seawater at different salinities were obtained; the model calculation results are consistent with the experimental results within the entire range of seawater temperature and salinity. Because the Raman spectra were a function of temperature and salinity. To achieve high precision remote sensing of ocean salinity, it is necessary to use Brillouin scattering for remote sensing of ocean temperature.