Impacts of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Material on Surface Ocean Heating in the Chukchi Sea

• Main Author: Hill, Victoria J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ODU Digital Commons 2008
• Subjects: High latitudes; Chukchi Sea; Arctic Ocean; Inherent optical properties; Matter; Oceanography; Arctic; Chukchi Shelf; Chukchi; ice algae; Ice; permafrost; Phytoplankton; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/oeas_fac_pubs/281; https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1292&context=oeas_fac_pubs

Recent observations show visible light attenuation in the Arctic Ocean to be greater than previously assumed. High attenuation observed during the period prior to ice melt and increased phytoplankton production, was attributed primarily to the high levels of absorption by chromophoric dissolved orga...