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Parameter: light

Dataset: 
Crocosphaera watsonii WH0003 cellular growth rates expt
Parameter: 
irradiance
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 irradiance
Short Description:
 irradiance
Official Name:
 irradiance
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Irradiance - The amount of electromagnetic energy incident on a surface per unit time per unit area. In the past this quantity has often been referred to as "flux".

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
light
Supplied Units: 
micromoles quanta per square meter per second (umol quanta m-2 s-1)
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Description: 

Light intensity (either 150 or 40 umol quanta per square meter per second).
(For more about light measurement see: Australian National Algae Culture Collection
and Plant Physiology Online.)