UV/PAR radiation and DOM properties in surface coastal waters of the Canadian shelf of the Beaufort Sea during summer 2009

• Main Authors: Para, J., Charrière, B., Matsuoka, A., Miller, W. L., Rontani, J. F., Sempéré, R.
• Other Authors: Centre d'océanologie de Marseille (COM), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Toulon (UTLN), Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2013
• Subjects: Earth Science; [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Mackenzie River; Mackenzie Delta; Beaufort Sea; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04110588; https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-2761-201310.5194/bgd-9-15567-2012

International audience Surface waters from the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic Ocean were evaluated for dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and optical characteristics including UV (ultraviolet) radiation and PAR (photosynthetically active radiation) diffuse attenuation (K d ), and chromophoric and fluoresce...