1. Parameters
2. optical_absorption

Parameter: optical_absorption

Id

PD20

Display Name

Optical Absorption Coefficient

Standard Name

Unit

m-1

Fill Value

-9999999

Precision

Parameter Function

opt_optical_absorption

Data Product Identifier

OPTABSN_L2

Data Product Type

Science Data

Data Level

2

Parameter Function Map

{"aref": "PD596", "PS": ["dpi_PRACSAL_L2", "dpi_SALSURF_L2"], "aoff": "CC_acwo", "asig": "PD598", "cpd_ts": "dpi_OPTATTN_L2", "T": ["dpi_TEMPWAT_L1", "dpi_TEMPSRF_L1"], "traw": "PD590", "awl": "CC_awlngth", "cwl": "CC_cwlngth", "tbins": "CC_tbins", "tcal": "CC_tcal", "ta_arr": "CC_taarray"}

Description

Optical Absorption Coefficient is the rate that the intensity of a beam of light will decrease in response to the absorption (removal) of light energy as a function of propagation distance. The Optical Absorption Coefficient reflects the absorption coefficient for the combination of all seawater impurities including all particulate and dissolved matter of optical importance.

Parameter Type

function

Value Encoding

float32

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