Matching natural water colors to Munsell standards

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1351-1361

  Davies Colley, Robert J ^a,b,c   Smith, David G ^a,b,c   Speed, David J ^a,b,c   Nagels, John W ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^c Woodward Clyde (NZ) Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Color; Munsell; Recreation; Reflectance; Spectra; Water management

Indexed keywords

COLOR; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL SENSORS; RADIOMETERS; STANDARDS;

BRIGHTNESS; HUE; MUNSELL COLOR MATCHING METHOD; SPECTRORADIOMETERS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

WATER ANALYSIS;

HUNSELL STANDARD; NATURAL WATER; WATER COLOUR;

EID: 0031435367     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1997.tb03558.x     Document Type: Article

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