Vertical changes in the probability distribution of downward irradiance within the near-surface ocean under sunny conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Gernez, Pierre ^a   Stramski, Dariusz ^a   Darecki, Miroslaw ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE WAVES; TIME SERIES;

DATA SETS; HEAVY-TAILED; HEAVY-TAILED DISTRIBUTION; INTENSE LIGHT; LIGHT FLASHES; LOG-LOGISTIC; LOG-NORMAL; LOG-NORMAL MODEL; NEAR-SURFACE; PROBABILITY MODELS; REASONABLE ACCURACY; SPECTRAL BAND; TIME-AVERAGED; WAVE FOCUSING;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; IRRADIANCE; PROBABILITY; SEA SURFACE; SKEWNESS; SURFACE WAVE; TIME SERIES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 80455130893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007156     Document Type: Article

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