The effect of surface irradiance on the absorption spectrum of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in the global ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 52-64

  Swan, Chantal M ^a   Nelson, Norman B ^a   Siegel, David A ^a   Kostadinov, Tihomir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine CDOM; Photobleaching; Photoproduction; Solar irradiation; Surface

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ACTION SPECTRA; CHROMOPHORIC DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; FULL-SPECTRUM LIGHT; GLOBAL OCEAN; GLOBAL SCALE; IN-SITU TEMPERATURE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MARINE CDOM; MARINE SYSTEMS; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OPEN OCEAN; PHOTO-BLEACHING RATE; PHOTOPRODUCTIONS; REMOTE SENSING OF OCEAN; SOLAR EXPOSURE; SOLAR IRRADIATION; SOLAR SIMULATOR; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SPECTRAL ABSORPTIONS; SPECTRAL QUALITY; SPECTRAL SLOPES; SURFACE IRRADIANCE; SURFACE OCEAN; ULTRAVIOLET REGION; WATER COLUMNS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLOROPHYLL; IRRADIATION; PHOTOBLEACHING; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; SURFACE WATERS; SURFACES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; BLEACHING; CHLOROPHYLL; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IRRADIANCE; OCEAN COLOR; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84856998256     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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