The Secchi disk (or Secchi disc), as created in 1865 by Angelo Secchi, is a plain white, circular disk 30 cm (12 in) in diameter used to measure water...
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his spectral classes. Secchi was active in oceanography, meteorology, and physics, as well as astronomy. He invented the Secchi disk, which is used to measure...
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crater) Secchi (Martian crater) Secchi depth, a measure of turbidity Secchi disk, an instrument used to measure turbidity SECCHI (Sun Earth Connection Coronal...
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Water clarity (section Secchi depth)
measure Secchi depth, a white or black-and-white disk is mounted on a pole or line and lowered slowly down in the water. The depth at which the disk is no...
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measured using a Secchi disk. This black and white disk is lowered into the water until it can no longer be seen; the depth (Secchi depth) is then recorded...
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monitoring data has been collected since 1974, including 29 years of secchi disk transparencies, 23 years of total phosphorus (TP) data, 20 years of chlorophyll-a...
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use it to generate electricity. Water clarity in the lake is low, with secchi disk measurements averaging less than 3 meters. Fish in the lake that are...
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Stellar classification (redirect from Secchi class)
Secchi classes and been progressively modified as understanding improved. During the 1860s and 1870s, pioneering stellar spectroscopist Angelo Secchi...
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light interacts with a so-called Secchi Disk that is used to measure the transparency of lake and ocean waters. The disk had been invented in the mid-nineteenth...
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using a Secchi disk, a 20-cm (8 in) disk with alternating white and black quadrants. The depth at which the disk is no longer visible is the Secchi depth...
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vessel. The method is often used in conjunction with the Secchi disk submerged to half the Secchi depth, so that the color can be judged against a white...
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of Secchi's Contribution to Marine Optics and the Foundation of Secchi Disk Science". Oceanography. 33 (3). doi:10.5670/oceanog.2020.301. Secchi, A.;...
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500 ppm). It is one of the most transparent lakes in the world, with a Secchi disk visible more than 35 m (115 ft) deep. The lake has no inlets or apparent...
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dictionary. Biomass (ecology) Eutrophication Nonpoint source pollution Secchi disk Surface runoff Trophic level Trophic level index, a similar measure used...
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world because of the absence of pollutants. Clarity readings from a Secchi disk have consistently been measured as being 120 ft (37 m), which is very...
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Eutrofication from residential development of the shoreline has reduced Secchi disk depth to 4 meters, and dead algae has reduced oxygen levels in deep water...
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2011. "Cyanobacteria: Microcystis". The Silica Secchi Disk. Connecticut College: The SilicaSecchi Disk. Archived from the original on 26 March 2008. Retrieved...
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try to one up each other. It's a trend in the same vein as planking." Secchi disk Landmark point Carter, Ashley R.; King, Gavin M.; Ulrich, Theresa A.;...
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PMID 28073480. "Cyanobacteria: Microcystis". The Silica Secchi Disk. Connecticut College: The SilicaSecchi Disk. Archived from the original on March 26, 2008....
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basic chemical information was collected, in addition to eight years of Secchi Disk Transparencies (SDT). In summary, the water quality of Schoodic Lake...
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oxygen, conductivity, oxygen reduction potential (ORP), turbidity, and Secchi disk depth. Water pollution is a major global environmental problem because...
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percent. The reflectance percentage can be correlated to attenuation, Secchi disk depth or total suspended solids although the exact relationship will...
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river Color of water Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) Ocean turbidity Secchi disk Hoge, FE; Vodacek, A; Swift, RN; Yungel, JK; Blough, NV (October 1995)...
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microsiemens per centimetre. Turbidity was measured at 13 centimetres by the Secchi disk method. At this point of reference, flows are generally of the order...
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area. In 1940, researchers measured a Secchi disk depth of 35 feet (11 m). Studies in the early 1970s found Secchi clarity ranging from 14 feet (4.3 m)...
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lake sports a 9 ft 2 in – 34 ft 9 in (2.8–10.6 m) annual depth range in Secchi disk-measured water visibility from 1981 to 2020. As of 2019, there were 16...
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taken every weekday morning, the turbidity is measured (e.g. using a Secchi disk) and other parameters are recorded. The North Sea warmed by 1.65 °C since...
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test Crashworthiness Euro NCAP Safety car Mannequin Crash simulation Secchi disk, the characteristic test-dummy fiducial marker symbol. Nick Kurczewski...
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308f..40M. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0613-40. PMID 23729069. Secchi Disk and Secchi app, a citizen science project to study the phytoplankton Ocean...
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theory of spontaneous generation. 1865 – Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht...
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