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Laboratory and field experiments were conducted using a dual above\/underwater optical camera monitoring system to measure and compare the visibility (brightness intensity) of fluorescent tracers applied into water under varying SSC loads. Based on the fluorescent properties of quinine under low luminosity conditions, a quinine solution, in both liquid and solid (ice cube) states, was applied to the water surface. Its visibility was recorded using the monitoring system, and brightness intensity was quantified using image processing techniques such as grayscale conversion, object segmentation, and pixel intensity extraction. Results indicate that the tracer brightness intensity decreases as SSC loads increase, with the underwater camera recording lower visibility than the above-water camera, particularly at higher SSC loads. 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