Characteristics of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in the Arctic outflow in the Fram Strait: Assessing the changes and fate of terrigenous CDOM in the Arctic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Granskog, Mats A ^a   Stedmon, Colin A ^b   Dodd, Paul A ^a   Amon, Rainer M W ^c   Pavlov, Alexey K ^d   De Steur, Laura ^e   Hansen, Edmond ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ABSORPTION MAXIMA; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC RIVERS; COLORED DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EAST GREENLAND CURRENTS; FRAM STRAIT; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT MATERIALS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INORGANIC NUTRIENTS; METEORIC WATERS; MIXED LAYER; OCEAN-SEA ICE; POLAR WATERS; STRONG CORRELATION; VELOCITY FIELD; WEIGHTED MEAN;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MIXING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

WATER ABSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; BRINE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HALOCLINE; MIXING; OCEAN COLOR; OUTFLOW; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RIVER DISCHARGE; TRACER; VELOCITY PROFILE; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; EAST GREENLAND CURRENT; FRAM STRAIT;

EID: 84871585510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008075     Document Type: Article

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