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Parameter: Surface_Light

Dataset: 
Edmunds et al. MarBio 2019a: Data in support of energy budget calculations
Parameter: 
PAR
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 PAR
Short Description:
 PAR
Official Name:
 PAR
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Photosynthetically Available [Active] Radiation; downwelling irradiance; units vary: off microEinsteins/meter^2/second,  microEinsteins/centimeter^2/second, or micromoles photons/meter/second

 

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Surface_Light
Supplied Units: 
micromoles per square meter per second (umol quanta/m2/s)
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
Surface PAR