Modeling the vertical distributions of downwelling plane irradiance and diffuse attenuation coefficient in optically deep waters

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Pan, Xiaoju ^a,b   Zimmerman, Richard C ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING;

DEEP WATER; DIFFUSE ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; DIRECT SOLAR; DOWN-WELLING; DOWNWELLING IRRADIANCE; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HYDROLIGHT; IN-SITU DATA; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; OCEAN COLOR ALGORITHM; OVER CURRENT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER SIMULATIONS; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER CONDITIONS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; DEEP WATER; DOWNWELLING; IRRADIANCE; MODEL TEST; OCEAN COLOR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 77955884626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC006039     Document Type: Article

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