Inherent and apparent optical properties of the complex estuarine waters of Tampa Bay: What controls light?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-69

  Le, Chengfeng ^a   Hu, Chuanmin ^a   English, David ^a   Cannizzaro, Jennifer ^a   Chen, Zhiqiang ^a   Kovach, Charles ^b   Anastasiou, Christopher J ^b   Zhao, Jun ^a   Carder, Kendall L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Apparent optical properties; Diffuse attenuation; Inherent optical properties; Optical water quality; Remote sensing; Scattering; Tampa Bay

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT EFFECT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; WAVELENGTH;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873714540     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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