Tracing water mass mixing in the Baltic-North Sea transition zone using the optical properties of coloured dissolved organic matter

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 156-162

  Stedmon, Colin A ^a   Osburn, Christopher L ^b   Kragh, Theis ^c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

baltic Sea; dissolved organic matter; german Bight; north Sea; tracers; water mass mixing

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODEL TEST; OCEAN COLOR; TRACER; TRANSITION ZONE; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GERMAN BIGHT; KATTEGAT; NORTH SEA;

EID: 76549123577     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.12.022     Document Type: Article

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