THE NEAR-SURFACE LAYER OF THE OCEAN
coastal turbidity types: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. (In the open ocean chlorophyll
The absorption of solar radiation in the ocean can be expressed in the
following way:
( ) 1
R
R
I z
A I f z
6
,
(1.61)
where I 6 is the surface solar irradiance (spectrally integrated), and function
R
f z characterizes the absorption of solar radiation with depth. Paulson
and Simpson (1981) parameterized R
f s a sum of nine exponentials:
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concentration mainly determines inherent optical properties of for <0.7 )
µm .
Figure 1-9. Solar transmission differences between the base case (chl = 0.03 mg m
í3
, ș = 0°,
clear skies) and cases of increased chlorophyll concentration (chl = 0.1, 0.3, 1.0, 3.0 mg m
í3 ).
Reproduced from Ohlmann et al. (2000a) by permission of American Meteorological
Society.
coastal turbidity types: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. (In the open ocean chlorophyll
The absorption of solar radiation in the ocean can be expressed in the
following way:
( ) 1
R
R
I z
A I f z
6
,
(1.61)
where I 6 is the surface solar irradiance (spectrally integrated), and function
R
f z characterizes the absorption of solar radiation with depth. Paulson
and Simpson (1981) parameterized R
f s a sum of nine exponentials:
32
O
concentration mainly determines inherent optical properties of for <0.7 )
µm .
Figure 1-9. Solar transmission differences between the base case (chl = 0.03 mg m
í3
, ș = 0°,
clear skies) and cases of increased chlorophyll concentration (chl = 0.1, 0.3, 1.0, 3.0 mg m
í3 ).
Reproduced from Ohlmann et al. (2000a) by permission of American Meteorological
Society.