Remote Estimates of Ice Algae Biomass and Their Response to Environmental Conditions during Spring Melt

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Campbell, Karley, Mundy, Christopher J., Barber, David G., Gosselin, Michel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2014
• Subjects: ice algae; biomass; sea ice; transmitted irradiance; Arctic; algal blooms; algue glaciaire; biomasse; glace de mer; éclairement énergétique transmis; Arctique; efflorescences algales; Allen Bay; Nunavut; Arctique*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67454

In this study, we support previous work showing that a normalized difference index (NDI) using two spectral bands of transmitted irradiance (478 and 490 nm) can be used as a non-invasive method to estimate sea ice chlorophyll a (chl a) following a simple calibration to the local region. Application...