Reconstruction of the spectrum of the radiance coefficient from measurements at fixed wavelengths

A method permitting the complete ensemble of characteristics to be reconstructed from a few selected characteristics is suggested. Finding sets of characteristics which ensure a minimum error of reconstruction, as well as the reconstruction procedure itself, requires the invoking of information on the convariance relationships between the characteristics. The method has been applied to determine the wavelengths, optimal for the reconstruction of spectra of sea surface radiance coefficients in the western tropical Atlantic.Translated by Vladimir A. Puchkin.