Measurements and characterization of particle size distributions in coastal waters

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Reynolds, R A ^a   Stramski, D ^a   Wright, V M ^a   Wozniak S B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYDISPERSITY; SEAWATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; COASTAL REGIONS; COASTAL WATERS; COMMONLY USED; COULTER COUNTERS; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; FIELD MEASUREMENT; IN-FIELD; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LISST-100; MIE SCATTERING; PARTICLE IMAGING; PARTICLE SUSPENSIONS; POLYDISPERSES; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SIZE SPECTRUM; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

COASTAL WATER; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956297195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005930     Document Type: Article

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