Parameter: Ek_lights_on

Dataset: 
Thalassiosira pseudonana cyclostat
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: 
Ek_lights_on
Supplied Units: 
micro-mol photons per square meter per second (umol photons/m^2/s)
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

the light saturation index or saturation irradiance (Ek) when the lights first come on.