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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
INSU-CNRS, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et des Géosciences, Université Lille Nord de France, ULCO, 32 avenue Foch, 62930 Wimereux, France
V. Vantrepotte
INSU-CNRS, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et des Géosciences, Université Lille Nord de France, ULCO, 32 avenue Foch, 62930 Wimereux, France
K. Norkvist
INSU-CNRS, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et des Géosciences, Université Lille Nord de France, ULCO, 32 avenue Foch, 62930 Wimereux, France
X. Mériaux
INSU-CNRS, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et des Géosciences, Université Lille Nord de France, ULCO, 32 avenue Foch, 62930 Wimereux, France
M. Kheireddine
INSU-CNRS, LOV, Lab. d'Océanographie de Villefranche, UMR 7093, Université Paris VI, Villefranche sur mer, France
J. Ras
INSU-CNRS, LOV, Lab. d'Océanographie de Villefranche, UMR 7093, Université Paris VI, Villefranche sur mer, France
M. Pujo-Pay
INSU-CNRS, UMR 7621, LOMIC, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne, Observatoire Océanologique, 66650 Banyuls/mer, France
UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7621, LOMIC, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne, Observatoire Océanologique, 66650 Banyuls/mer, France
Y. Combet
INSU-CNRS, UMR 6535, LOPB, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Biogéochimique, Université de la Méditerranée, Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, Campus de Luminy Case 901, 13 288 Marseille cedex 9, France
K. Leblanc
INSU-CNRS, UMR 6535, LOPB, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Biogéochimique, Université de la Méditerranée, Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, Campus de Luminy Case 901, 13 288 Marseille cedex 9, France
G. Dall'Olmo
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
R. Mauriac
INSU-CNRS, UMR 6535, LOPB, Laboratoire d'Océanographie physique et biogéochimique Université de la Méditerranée, Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, Campus de Luminy Case 901, 13 288 Marseille cedex 9, France
D. Dessailly
INSU-CNRS, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et des Géosciences, Université Lille Nord de France, ULCO, 32 avenue Foch, 62930 Wimereux, France
T. Moutin
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
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