Coherence of particulate beam attenuation and backscattering coefficients in diverse open ocean environments

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 15419-15425

  Westberry, Toby K ^a   Dall'Olmo, Giorgio ^a   Boss, Emmanuel ^b   Behrenfeld, Michael J ^a   Moutin, Thierry ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS;

BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; BACKSCATTERING RATIO; BEAM ATTENUATION; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; DATA SETS; OCEAN COLOR; OPEN OCEAN; PARTICLE ATTENUATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICES; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS;

BACKSCATTERING;

CHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENT; LINEAR MODELS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 77954929746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.015419     Document Type: Article

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