Ch. 1. Introductory Theory -- Ch. 2. Incident Radiation -- Ch. 3. The Propagation of Atmospheric Photon Fluxes into Natural Water Bodies -- Ch. 4. Composition of Natural Waters -- Ch. 5. The Effects of Chlorophyll, Suspended Minerals, and Dissolved Organic Carbon on Volume Reflectance -- Ch. 6. Chromaticity and the Color of Natural Water -- Ch. 7. Observations of Optical Properties of Natural Waters (the Laurentian Great Lakes) -- Ch. 8. Remote Sensing over Natural Water -- Ch. 9. Primary Production in Natural Water -- Ch. 10. Aquatic Remote Sensing in Regional and Global Environmental Monitoring