High-resolution measurements of dissolved organic carbon in the Arctic Ocean by in situ fiber-optic spectrometry

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1007-1010

  Guay, Christopher K ^a   Klinkhammer, Gary P ^a   Falkner, Kelly Kenison ^a   Benner, Ronald ^b   Coble, Paula G ^c   Whitledge, Terry E ^b,d   Black, Brenda ^b   Bussell, F Joseph ^a   Wagner, Tim A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMBUSTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE WATERS; STREAM FLOW;

ARCTIC OCEAN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FIBER OPTIC SPECTROMETRY;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; ORGANIC CARBON;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; SEAWATER; SPECTROMETRY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION; LINEAR CORRELATION; NUCLEAR SUBMARINE;

EID: 0033560482     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900130     Document Type: Article

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