Quantifying absorption by aquatic particles: A multiple scattering correction for glass-fiber filters
J. S. Cleveland,Alan Weidemann +1 more
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In this paper, a multiple scattering correction was calculated from optical density spectral for 48 phytoplankton cultures of seven species representing a variety of cell sizes, pigment groups, and call-wall types.Abstract:
: Absorption spectra measured for aquatic particles concentrated onto glass-fiber filters require a correction for the increase in pathlength caused by multiple scattering in the glass-fiber filter. A multiple scattering correction was calculated from optical density spectral for 48 phytoplankton cultures of seven species representing a variety of cell sizes, pigment groups, and call-wall types. The relationship between optical density in suspensions and on filters was not wavelength-dependent. Differences between blank filters were always spectrally neutral. Small differences between relationships for single species were inconclusive. Given the absence of wavelength-dependent effects, we report a single general quadratic relationship, OD(susp)(lambda) = 0.378 OD(filt)(lambda) + 0.523 OD(filt)(lambda)2 (r2 = 0.988), for correcting glass- fiber filter spectra. For independent samples, the average error in predicting OD(susp)(lambda) with this algorithm at any wavelength was 2%. Greatest errors were in spectral regions of low absorption. Absorption spectra for particles concentrated onto glass-fiber filters can be quantitatively corrected for multiple scattering within this limit. Applicability of the algorithm to field samples of varied composition was enhanced by using a large number of spectra and a range of cell types in algorithm development. Optical oceanography, Physical oceanography, Absorption, Scattering.read more
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