where γ1, γ2 and γk represent the exponents of the power function describing
the spectral shape of each component of the model, and λ0 =
443 nm. Having obtained a distribution of parameters for bbp,1⁎(λ),
bbp,2⁎(λ) and bbp
k (λ) from fitting Eq. (13) to the bbp(λ) and C data, the