Variation in the specific absorption of dissolved organic carbon in northern Ontario lakes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2963, Issue , 1997, Pages 417-422

  Gallie, E A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid lakes; Acidification; Dissolved organic carbon; Freshwater; Optical modelling; pH; Remote sensing; Specific absorption

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; LAKES; PH; REMOTE SENSING; STREAM FLOW;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOC CONCENTRATIONS; FRESHWATER; FULVIC ACID FRACTIONS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; OPTICAL MODELLING; SAMPLING VARIANCES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION;

ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 58049183747     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.266477     Document Type: Conference Paper

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