Theoretical and experimental approaches to improve the accuracy of particulate absorption coefficients derived from the quantitative filter technique

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1649-1660

  Roesler, Collin S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; ANALYTICAL METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0031742491     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.7.1649     Document Type: Article

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