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Parameter: bbp700

Dataset: 
Park phase data
Parameter: 
bbp700
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 bbp700
Short Description:
 bbp700
Official Name:
 bbp700
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Particulate backscattering coefficient (bbp) at 700 nm

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
bbp700
Supplied Units: 
m -1
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Particulate backscattering coefficient bbp (700nm); Acquired with WET Labs MCOMS Scattering Meter with 700-nm wavelength and in-water centroid angle of 150 deg. See Table 3 in paper.

The particulate volume scattering coefficient ?p was calculated as

?p(150 deg,700 nm) [m-1 sr-1] = Scale Factor * (Output - Dark Counts)

using a factory-determined scale factor and a dark offset, computed separately for each sensor as the mean of the deep-water minima measured during all profiles between July and September 2013 at BATS (https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/728371). Particulate backscattering coefficient, bbp(?) [m-1], is estimated as

bbp = 2???p(150 deg)

? = 1.13 for 150 deg (from Boss and Pegau 2001).