Improved irradiances for use in ocean heating, primary production, and photo-oxidation calculations

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 6549-6560

  Mobley, Curtis D ^a   Boss, Emmanuel S ^b  

^a Sequoia Scientific Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFLECTION; SURFACE WATERS;

ACCURATE CALCULATIONS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY AVAILABLE RADIATIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUANTUM UNITS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; SURFACE VALUES;

OXIDATION;

EID: 84866718815     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.006549     Document Type: Article

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