TABLE 1.
Coefficients and values used to calculate light absorption in COMETS.
| Symbol | Description | Value | Unit | Reference |
| λ | Wavelength | 680 | nm | |
| aw | Absorption coefficient of water at 680 nm | 0.465 | m–1 | Pope and Fry, 1997 |
| adw | Biomass-specific absorption coefficient | 0.285 | m2 gDW–1 | |
| advchl–A | Absorption coefficient of divinyl-chlorophyll A at 680 nm | 0.0184 | m2 (mg dvchl-A)–1 | Bricaud et al., 2004 |
| advchl–B | Absorption coefficient of divinyl-chlorophyll B at 680 nm | 0.0018 | m2 (mg dvchl-B)–1 | Bricaud et al., 2004 |
| cdvchl–A | Amount of divinyl-chlorophyll A | 0.0163 | g dvchl-A gDW–1 | Casey et al., 2016 |
| cdvchl–B | Amount of divinyl-chlorophyll B | 0.0013 | g dvchl-B gDW–1 | Casey et al., 2016 |
| d | Average diameter of MED4 | 0.6 | μm | |
| n′ | Imaginary part of the refractive index at 675 nm | 0.01377 | Stramski et al., 2001 | |
| Q* | Packaging effect at 680 nm | 0.945 |