Spectral participate attenuation and particle size distribution in the bottom boundary layer of a continental shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C5, 2001, Pages 9509-9516

  Boss, Emmanuel ^a   Pegau, W Scott ^a   Gardner, Wilford D ^b   Zaneveld, J Ronald V ^a   Barnard, Andrew H ^a   Twardowski, Michael S ^a   Chang, G C ^c,d   Dickey, T D ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Florida Environmental Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; LIGHT ATTENUATION; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 0034939611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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