Articles | Volume 8, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-3295-2011
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-3295-2011
Research article
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14 Nov 2011
Research article |  | 14 Nov 2011

Characterization of the bio-optical anomaly and diurnal variability of particulate matter, as seen from scattering and backscattering coefficients, in ultra-oligotrophic eddies of the Mediterranean Sea

H. Loisel, V. Vantrepotte, K. Norkvist, X. Mériaux, M. Kheireddine, J. Ras, M. Pujo-Pay, Y. Combet, K. Leblanc, G. Dall'Olmo, R. Mauriac, D. Dessailly, and T. Moutin

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