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Tracing The Transport Of Colored Dissolved Organic Matter In Water Masses Of The Southern Beaufort Sea: Relationship With Hydrographic Characteristics, A. Matsuoka, A. Bricaud, Ronald Benner, J. Para, R. Sempéré, L. Prieur, S. Bélanger, M. Babin
Tracing The Transport Of Colored Dissolved Organic Matter In Water Masses Of The Southern Beaufort Sea: Relationship With Hydrographic Characteristics, A. Matsuoka, A. Bricaud, Ronald Benner, J. Para, R. Sempéré, L. Prieur, S. Bélanger, M. Babin
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Light absorption by colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) [aCDOM(λ)] plays an important role in the heat budget of the Arctic Ocean, contributing to the recent decline in sea ice, as well as in biogeochemical processes. We investigated aCDOM(λ) in the Southern Beaufort Sea where a significant amount of CDOM is delivered by the Mackenzie River. In the surface layer, aCDOM(440) showed a strong and negative correlation with salinity, indicating strong river influence and conservative transport in the river plume. Below the mixed layer, a weak but positive correlation between aCDOM(440) and salinity was observed above the upper halocline, resulting from …