Water inherent optical properties and concentrations of water constituents from the German Bight and adjacent regions: concentrations and auxiliary data ...

• Main Authors: Röttgers, Rüdiger, Bi, Shun, Burmester, Henning, Heymann, Kerstin, Hieronymi, Martin, Krasemann, Hajo, Schönfeld, Wolfgang
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2023
• Subjects: German Bight; inherent optical properties; Event label; DATE/TIME; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; DEPTH, water; Depth, water, standard deviation; Sample number; Sample ID; Vessel; Campaign; Sample method; Temperature, water; Temperature, water, standard deviation; Salinity; Salinity, standard deviation; Carbon, organic, particulate; Carbon, organic, dissolved; Chlorophyll a; Chlorophyll a, standard deviation; Suspended matter, total; Suspended matter, total, standard error; Suspended matter, organic; Suspended matter, organic, standard error; Turbidity Nephelometric turbidity unit; Turbidity Formazin Turbidity Unit; Turbidity Formazin Turbidity Unit, standard deviation; Backscattering coefficient of particles, 420 nm; Backscattering coefficient of particles, 442 nm; Backscattering coefficient of particles, 488 nm; Backscattering coefficient of particles, 510 nm; Backscattering coefficient of particles, 620 nm; Backscattering coefficient of particles, 700 nm; Backscattering coefficient of particles, 420 nm, standard deviation; Backscattering coefficient of particles, 442 nm, standard deviation; Backscattering coefficient of particles, 488 nm, standard deviation; Backscattering coefficient of particles, 510 nm, standard deviation; Backscattering coefficient of particles, 620 nm, standard deviation; Backscattering coefficient of particles, 700 nm, standard deviation; CTD/Rosette; Side Scan Sonar; CTD, Seabird; CTD with gravity corer; Bio-Optical Platform; HE287; HE298; HE303; HE308; HE312/1; Norwegian Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.950767; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.950767

A regional data set of water constituent concentrations and inherent optical properties (light absorption and scattering coefficient) for the German Bight and adjacent waters (River Elbe, North Sea, UK waters, and Southern Norwegian Sea) is presented. The data provide high quality results of in situ measurements and laboratory analysis of samples taken at sea, mainly from the mixed layer, during the years 2008 to 2021. Parameters of the water constituents include concentrations of chlorophyll a, particulate organic and dissolved organic carbon (POC, DOC), total suspended matter (TSM), organic suspended matter (OSM) together with water depth, temperature, salinity, and turbidity. Inherent optical properties (IOPs) are given spectrally as light attenuation, scattering and absorption coefficients. This includes coefficients of light attenuation by all non-water matter (cgp) and particulate matter alone (cp), light absorption by all non-water matter (agp), particulate (ap) and dissolved matter (Gelbstoff, ag), ...