Apparent optical properties of the Canadian Beaufort Sea - Part 1: Observational overview and water column relationships

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4493-4509

  Antoine, D ^a,e   Hooker, S B ^b   Belanger S ^c   Matsuoka, A ^d   Babin, M ^a,d  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; CHLOROPHYLL; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REMOTE SENSING; TURBIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; MACKENZIE RIVER [NORTHWEST TERRITORIES]; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 84880805820     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-4493-2013     Document Type: Article

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