Light Absorption in Sea Water

• Main Authors: Wozniak, Bogdan (Author), Dera, Jerzy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geochemistry.; Oceanography.; Geobiology.; Environmental sciences.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Environmental Physics.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

This book takes a fresh, holistic approach to the problems of light absorption and absorbers in seawaters, discussing the fundamentals of light absorption at various depths in seawaters of different trophicity by absorbers of diverse origin. The authors have drawn their information from a substantia...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Absorption of Sunlight in the Ocean
• Light Absorption by Water Molecules and Inorganic Substances Dissolved in Sea Water
• The Interaction of Light with Organic Molecules Present in Sea Water: Physical Principles
• Light Absorption by Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in Sea Water
• Light Absorption by Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) in Sea Water
• Light Absorption by Phytoplankton in the Sea.