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Ocean remote sensing or marine remote sensing refers to the use of optical measurements made from aircraft or satellites to obtain information about the constituents of natural waters, the corresponding IOPs, or the bottom depth and type. Oceanic remote sensing uses electromagnetic signals from the near UV (wavelengths from ~300 to 400 nm) to various radar bands (wavelengths from ~1 cm to ~1 m). This field of research mainly is ocean color radiometery, commonly called "ocean color remote sensing," which typically uses visible (400 to 700 nm) and near-IR (wavelengths from 700 to less than 2000 nm) light.