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Parameter: PARCorr

Dataset: 
Luminoxyscape environmental
Parameter: 
PAR
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 PAR
Short Description:
 PAR
Official Name:
 PAR
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Photosynthetically Available [Active] Radiation; downwelling irradiance; units vary: off microEinsteins/meter^2/second,  microEinsteins/centimeter^2/second, or micromoles photons/meter/second

 

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
PARCorr
Supplied Units: 
umol photons m-2 s-1
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
PAR weighted to the animal's spectral sensitivity. In this case, all PAR was multiplied by 0.34, as the percentage of PAR each species could detect. See McCormick et al., 2019 for additional details.