Color of Inland and Coastal Waters
Subtitle: A Methodology for its Interpretation (Springer Praxis Books / Marine Science and Coastal Management)
Contributors: Andreas Lang (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 13, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9783540002000
Subjects: Applied ecology; Hydrology (freshwater); Pollution & threats to the environment; Science/Mathematics; Hydrologic models; Earth Sciences - Geography; Science; Remote sensing; Light; Earth Sciences - Hydrology; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Science / Oceanography; Color; Water; Mathematical models
First sentence: From the perspective of the human observer, colour is the result of the interplay between the light spectrum reaching the eye and the spectral response of the eye's retina.