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Parameter: PARbr

Dataset: 
Underwater irradiance outputs from backward Monte Carlo ray tracing model
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: 
PARbr
Supplied Units: 
micromol quanta/(m^2 sec)
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
Average light incident per unit area of the coral surface for branching corals. This can be understood as the average light incident on a polyp in a branching coral. Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR).