Bio-optical variability of the absorption and scattering properties of the Queensland inshore and reef waters, Australia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Blondeau Patissier, D ^a   Brando, V E ^a   Oubelkheir, K ^a,b   Dekker, A G ^a   Clementson, L A ^c   Daniel, P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CSlRO Marine Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BACKSCATTERING; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REEFS;

ABSORPTION RATIO; AUSTRALIA; BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; BACKSCATTERING RATIO; BIO-OPTICAL; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL STATION; COLOR DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DATA SETS; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HIGH VARIABILITY; INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES; MATRIX; OCEANIC WATERS; OPEN WATER; OPTICAL PARAMETER; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON SIZE STRUCTURE; POWER LAW EXPONENT; QUEENSLAND; REFERENCE MODELS; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SPECTRAL SLOPES; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ABSORPTION; BACKSCATTER; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHYTOPLANKTON; REEF; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 68749086291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005039     Document Type: Article

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