Suspended particles in the Canada Basin from optical and bottle data, 2003–2008

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: F. A. McLaughlin, E. C. Carmack, S. E. Allen, J. M. Jackson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2010
• Subjects: envir; geo; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Beaufort Shelf; canada basin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-6-799-2010; http://www.ocean-sci.net/6/799/2010/os-6-799-2010.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/9b83ba80610c4147a946986dbf503ff5

It is expected that coastal erosion, upwelling, and increased river runoff from Arctic warming will increase the concentration of suspended particles in the Arctic Ocean. Here we analyze in situ transmissometer and fluorometer data from the summers of 2003 through 2008 and bottle-derived particulate...