Dependence of apparent optical properties on solar altitude: Experimental results based on mooring data collected in the Sargasso Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C7, 1997, Pages 15679-15691

  Stramska, Malgorzata ^a   Frye, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGING ALTITUDE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATLANTIC, SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 0030689613     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00886     Document Type: Article

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