Underway and moored methods for improving accuracy in measurement of spectral particulate absorption and attenuation

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1733-1746

  Slade, Wayne H ^a   Boss, Emmanuel ^a   Dall'olmo, Giorgio ^b   Langner, M Rois ^c   Loftin, James ^a   Behrenfeld, Michael J ^b   Roesler, Collin ^d   Westberry, Toby K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^d BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Optical properties; Particulates

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; AUTONOMOUS PLATFORMS; CARTRIDGE FILTERS; CORRECTION SCHEMES; DISCRETE FILTER; FLOWTHROUGH; HIGH FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; HYPERSPECTRAL; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; INSTRUMENT CALIBRATIONS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; NEAR INFRARED; OCEAN OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; OPTICALLY CLEAR; PARTICLE ABSORPTION; PARTICLE OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICULATES; SPECTRAL SHAPES; SURFACE AREA; WATER SAMPLES;

CALIBRATION; INSTRUMENTS; MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SENSORS;

WATER ABSORPTION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOFOULING; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77958466512     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHO755.1     Document Type: Article

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