Inherent optical properties and optical mass classification of the waters of the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 87, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 144-156

  Loos, Eduardo A ^a   Costa, Maycira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BEAM ATTENUATION; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHROMOPHORIC DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DIFFUSE LIGHT; DIHYDRATES; EUPHOTIC LAYERS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FRASER RIVER; GEORGIA; HIGH LOAD; HYPERSPECTRAL; IN-SITU; INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES; INORGANIC PARTICLES; INORGANIC PARTICULATES; OPTICAL CLASSIFICATION; OPTICAL DATA; OPTICAL INFORMATION; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; QUININE SULPHATE; SCATTERING RATIO; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SUSPENDED MATERIAL; WATER SAMPLES;

ABSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLOROPHYLL; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; SCATTERING; WAVEMETERS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ABSORPTION; BIOPHYSICS; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FLUOROMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; SEASONALITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER; STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

EID: 78649791890     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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