Light absorption and partitioning in Arctic Ocean surface waters: Impact of multiyear ice melting

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 6433-6452

  Belanger S ^a   Cizmeli, S A ^a,b   Ehn, J ^c   Matsuoka, A ^d   Doxaran, D ^e   Hooker, S ^f   Babin, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b Arctus Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MELTING; MELTWATER; MIXED LAYER; OCEAN COLOR; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFLECTANCE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; MACKENZIE RIVER [NORTHWEST TERRITORIES]; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 84880831430     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-6433-2013     Document Type: Article

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