An optics model for Onondaga Lake

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-125

  Effler, Steven W ^a   Perkins, MaryGail ^a  

^a UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Clarity; Cultural eutrophication; Light attenuation coefficient; Model; Optics; Scattering; Secchi disc

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001158130     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438149609354002     Document Type: Article

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