Effect of particulate aggregation in aquatic environments on the beam attenuation and its utility as a proxy for particulate mass

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 9408-9420

  Boss, Emmanuel ^a   Slade, Wayne ^a   Hill, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; DISSOLVED MATERIALS; MARINE AGGREGATES; MARINE PARTICLES; PARTICULATE AGGREGATION; RECENT RESEARCHES; SPECIFIC ATTENUATION; THE STANDARD MODEL;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; COLLOIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; REFRACTOMETRY; WATER;

EID: 66449104373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.009408     Document Type: Article

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