Arctic Ice Algal Bio-Optics & Sea Ice Sediments

Abstract

The goals of this research are to improve our understanding of bio-optical variability, primary productivity, and the influence biogenic and nonbiogenic materials on heat flux in polar marine ecosystems. The data are being used in radiative transfer, thermo-optical, bio-optical productivity models. The main scientific objective is to understand the influence of ice algae and other inclusions on the apparent and inherent optical properties of sea ice systems. Quantitative relationships between optical, physical, biogeochemical and biological variability are being sought. The influence of biogenic and nonbiogenic materials on the heat budget of sea ice is being explored.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA551000

Entities

People

  • Glenn F. Cota

Organizations

  • Old Dominion University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Spectra
  • Attenuation
  • Heat Flux
  • Ice
  • Light Transmission
  • Materials
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Organic Materials
  • Quantum Yields
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Absorption
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Sea Ice
  • Sediments
  • Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Polar and Arctic Studies