- Chair(s)
- John E. Tyler (USA)
- Other Full Members
- Ian Baird (UK), Alexander Ivanoff (France), Nils Jerlov (Denmark), Harry R. Jitts (Australia), Yulen Ochakovsky (USSR), Yatsuka Saijo (Japan), and E. Steemann Nielsen (Denmark)
- Associate Members
- Ex-officio: T.R. Parsons (Canada) as chair of WG 24
- Terms of Reference
To identify exactly what measurement of irradiance is required by biological oceanographers.
To recommend apparatus and procedure for measuring the variable defined above
- Financial Sponsors
- SCOR, UNESCO, IAPO
- Meetings
5-9 October 1964 in Moscow, Russia
15-19 August 1966 in Kauizawa, Japan
17-21 November 1969 in Miami, Florida, USA
2 May – 4 June 1970 – Sea Trials in Atlantic Ocean on R.V Discoverer
- Publications
1965. Report of the first meeting of the joint group of experts on photosynthetic radiant energy held at Moscow, 5-9 October 1964. UNESCO Technical Papers in Marine Science 2.
1966. Report of the second meeting of the joint group of experts on photosynthetic radiant energy held at Kauizawa, 15-19 August 1966. UNESCO Technical Papers in Marine Science 5
1969. Technical report of sea trials conducted by the working group on photosynthetic radiant energy, Gulf of California, May 1968. UNESCO Technical Papers in Marine Science 13
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