High penetration of ultraviolet radiation in the south east Pacific waters

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Tedetti, Marc ^a   Sempéré, Richard ^a   Vasilkov, Alexander ^b   Charrière, Bruno ^a   Nérini, David ^a   Miller, William L ^c   Kawamura, Kimitaka ^d   Raimbault, Patrick ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEAWATER; SOLAR RADIATION;

ABSORPTION SPECTRAL SLOPE COEFFICIENT; CHROMOPHORIC DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DIFFUSE ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTY;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTIMATION METHOD; GYRE; MODELING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE WATER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 34547947519     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029823     Document Type: Article

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