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Biodiversity and Functional Ecology of Mesophotic Coral Reefs by Lesser, Michael P, Slattery, Marc, Mobley, Curtis D

“…Mesophotic coral reefs, currently defined as deep reefs between 30 and 150 m, are linked physically and biologically to their shallow water counterparts, have…”
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Massive increase in visual range preceded the origin of terrestrial vertebrates by MacIver, Malcolm A., Schmitz, Lars, Mugan, Ugurcan, Murphey, Todd D., Mobley, Curtis D.

“…The evolution of terrestrial vertebrates, starting around 385 million years ago, is an iconic moment in evolution that brings to mind images of fish…”
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Incident light and morphology determine coral productivity along a shallow to mesophotic depth gradient by Lesser, Michael P., Slattery, Marc, Mobley, Curtis D.

“…While the effects of irradiance on coral productivity are well known, corals along a shallow to mesophotic depth gradient (10–100 m) experience incident…”
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Fast light calculations for ocean ecosystem and inverse models by Mobley, Curtis D

“…Ocean physical-biological-optical ecosystem models can require light calculations at thousands of grid points and time steps. Implicit inverse models that…”
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The Solar Ultraviolet Environment at the Ocean by Mobley, Curtis D., Diffey, Brian L.

“…Atmospheric and oceanic radiative transfer models were used to compute spectral radiances between 285 and 400 nm onto horizontal and vertical plane surfaces…”
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Bioluminescence in a complex coastal environment: 1. Temporal dynamics of nighttime water-leaving radiance by Moline, Mark A., Oliver, Matthew J., Mobley, Curtis D., Sundman, Lydia, Bensky, Thomas, Bergmann, Trisha, Bissett, W. Paul, Case, James, Raymond, Erika H., Schofield, Oscar M. E.

“…Nighttime water‐leaving radiance is a function of the depth‐dependent distribution of both the in situ bioluminescence emissions and the absorption and…”
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Bioluminescence in a complex coastal environment: 2. Prediction of bioluminescent source depth from spectral water-leaving radiance by Oliver, Matthew J., Moline, Mark A., Mobley, Curtis D., Sundman, Lydia, Schofield, Oscar M. E.

“…Many bioluminescence observations are made from the ocean's surface. However, the depth of the bioluminescent source is difficult to estimate on the basis of…”
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Sunburn at the seaside by Diffey, Brian L, Mobley, Curtis D

“…Summary Background/purpose The purpose of this paper is to estimate the contribution to our erythemal exposure at the coast of solar ultraviolet (UV) both…”
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Effects of Microbial Particles on Oceanic Optics: A Database of Single-Particle Optical Properties by Stramski, Dariusz, Mobley, Curtis D.

“…We describe a database of the single-particle optical properties of marine microbial particles. This database includes respresentatives from five classes of…”
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A framework for modeling connections between hydraulics, water surface roughness, and surface reflectance in open channel flows by Legleiter, Carl J., Mobley, Curtis D., Overstreet, Brandon T.

“…This paper introduces a framework for examining connections between the flow field, the texture of the air‐water interface, and the reflectance of the water…”
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Impact of improved light calculations on predicted phytoplankton growth and heating in an idealized upwelling-downwelling channel geometry by Mobley, Curtis D., Chai, Fei, Xiu, Peng, Sundman, Lydia K.

“…Ocean ecosystem models require accurate calculations of both hydrodynamics and biology; those calculations in turn require accurate calculation of in‐water…”
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Radiative transfer equation inversion: Theory and shape factor models for retrieval of oceanic inherent optical properties by Hoge, Frank E., Lyon, Paul E., Mobley, Curtis D., Sundman, Lydia K.

“…It is shown that the in‐water, shape factor formulation of the radiative transfer equation (RTE) (1) yields exact in‐air expressions for the remote sensing…”
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Propagation and Perception of Bioluminescence: Factors Affecting Counterillumination as a Cryptic Strategy by Johnsen, Sönke, Widder, Edith A., Mobley, Curtis D.

“…Many deep-sea species, particularly crustaceans, cephalopods, and fish, use photophores to illuminate their ventral surfaces and thus disguise their…”
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Effects of Microbial Particles on Oceanic Optics: Methodology for Radiative Transfer Modeling and Example Simulations by Mobley, Curtis D., Stramski, Dariusz

“…Radiactive transfer numerical modeling provides a powerful means of separating and understanding the effects of various types of microbial particles on oceanic…”
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Influences of Absorption and Scattering on Vertical Changes in the Average Cosine of the Underwater Light Field by Berwald, Juli, Stramski, Dariusz, Mobley, Curtis D., Kiefer, Dale A.

“…The average cosine of the underwater light field (μ̄) is a simple quantity that describes the angular distribution of radiance at a given point. A model of the…”
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Modeling light propagation in sea ice by Mobley, C.D., Cota, G.F., Grenfell, T.C., Maffione, R.A., Pegau, W.S., Perovich, D.K.

“…This paper outlines the process by which it is possible to begin with the physical properties of sea ice (such as the size distributions of brine pockets and…”
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A Numerical Model for the Computation of Radiance Distributions in Natural Waters with Wind-Roughened Surfaces by Mobley, Curtis D.

“…A numerical technique is presented for computing radiance distributions in natural waters that have wind-blown surfaces and depth-dependent inherent optical…”
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Effect of Raman Scattering on the Average Cosine and Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient of Irradiance in the Ocean by Berwald, Juli, Stramski, Dariusz, Mobley, Curtis D., Kiefer, Dale A.

“…We have investigated the effect of Raman scattering on the average cosine of underwater irradiance,$\bar\mu$, the diffuse attenuation coefficient of…”
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Estimation of the absorption and backscattering coefficients from inߚwater radiometric measurements by Stramska, Malgorzata, Stramski, Dariusz, Mitchell, B. Greg, Mobley, Curtis D.

“…Numerical simulations of radiative transfer within the ocean surface mixed layer have been used to derive a set of simple equations for estimating the…”
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Field observations of the electromagnetic properties of first-year sea ice by Perovich, D.K., Longacre, J., Barber, D.G., Maffione, R.A., Cota, G.F., Mobley, C.D., Gow, A.J., Onstott, R.G., Grenfell, T.C., Pegau, W.S., Landry, M., Roesler, C.S.

“…An interdisciplinary field experiment was conducted during April and May of 1994 at Point Barrow, AK, to investigate the relationship between the…”
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