Use of a viewer box in Secchi disk measurements

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1183-1189

  Smith, David G ^a   Hoover, Creighton M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Optical water quality; Secchi disk; Viewer box; Water transparency

Indexed keywords

GLARE EFFECTS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSPARENCY;

SECCHI DISK MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE REFRACTION; VIEWER BOX;

WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0033213608     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1999.tb04205.x     Document Type: Article

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