“Happy Holidays! BCO-DMO will be on break from 23 December to 2 January 2025. Submissions and questions will still be accepted, however our responses may be delayed during this time.”

Parameter: irradiance

Dataset: 
trichodesmium_growth
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: 
irradiance
Supplied Units: 
umol quanta m-2 s-1
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Light/irradiance level measured in umol quanta per square meter per second.