Field Measurement of Light Penetration Through Sea Ice
In connection with phytoplankton studies, a non-optical, non-electric instrument has been devised for the measurement of relative light intensity in sea-ice bore holes. When used with a sensitive photometer, absolute values for the ambient light field can be determined within and immediately under t...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65990 2023-05-15T14:19:19+02:00 Field Measurement of Light Penetration Through Sea Ice Little, E.M. Allen, M.B. Wright, F.F. 1972-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65990 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65990/49904 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65990 ARCTIC; Vol. 25 No. 1 (1972): March: 1–72; 28-33 1923-1245 0004-0843 Carotenoids info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1972 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:59Z In connection with phytoplankton studies, a non-optical, non-electric instrument has been devised for the measurement of relative light intensity in sea-ice bore holes. When used with a sensitive photometer, absolute values for the ambient light field can be determined within and immediately under the ice. As anticipated, attenuation is greatest at the ice-air interface; values just below the ice surface were 3 to 20% of incident. Another 70 to 100 cm of ice was required to effect a further 50% decrease in illumination. Extinction values were also measured on the ice cores in the laboratory, but scattering greatly complicates the interpretation of laboratory results. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Sea ice University of Calgary Journal Hosting ARCTIC 25 1 |
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In connection with phytoplankton studies, a non-optical, non-electric instrument has been devised for the measurement of relative light intensity in sea-ice bore holes. When used with a sensitive photometer, absolute values for the ambient light field can be determined within and immediately under the ice. As anticipated, attenuation is greatest at the ice-air interface; values just below the ice surface were 3 to 20% of incident. Another 70 to 100 cm of ice was required to effect a further 50% decrease in illumination. Extinction values were also measured on the ice cores in the laboratory, but scattering greatly complicates the interpretation of laboratory results. |
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Field Measurement of Light Penetration Through Sea Ice |
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