ARCTIC The Underwater Photic Environment of a Small Arctic Lake

ABSTRACT. Theunderwater light field inasmallarcticlakeon Victoria Island,Northwest Territories, was examined. Downward radiance was found to be bimodal, with transmission peaks at 480 and 640 nanometres (nm, or 10-9m). Upward radiance was similar near the surface, with peaks at 480 and 620 nm, but b...

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Main Authors: P. H. Heinermann, L. Johnson, M. A. Alii
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1989
Subjects:
Key words
arctic
limnology
underwater light
diurnal variation
spectral quality
irradiance
radiance
Arctic
Arctic Lake
Keyhole
Keyhole Lake
Northwest Territories
Victoria Island
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.487.639
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic43-2-129.pdf

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