The characteristics of particulate absorption, scattering and attenuation coefficients in the surface ocean; Contribution of the Tara Oceans expedition

Methods in Oceanography

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-62

  Boss, Emmanuel ^a   Picheral, Marc ^b,e   Leeuw, Thomas ^a   Chase, Alison ^a   Karsenti, Eric ^c   Gorsky, Gabriel ^b,e   Taylor, Lisa ^a   Slade, Wayne ^d   Ras, Josephine ^b,e   Claustre, Herve ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d Sequoia Scientific Inc   (United States)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bio optics; Particle absorption coefficient; Particle attenuation coefficient; Particle scattering coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900392511     PISSN: 22111220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mio.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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