Composition of suspended matter in the tropical waters of Atlantic Ocean according to the light scattering

V. I. Mankovsky; E. V. Mankovskaya

doi:10.1117/12.2284664

30 November 2017 Composition of suspended matter in the tropical waters of Atlantic Ocean according to the light scattering

V. I. Mankovsky, E. V. Mankovskaya

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Proceedings Volume 10466, 23rd International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics; 104662M (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2284664
Event: XXIII International Symposium, Atmospheric and Ocean Optics, Atmospheric Physics, 2017, Irkutsk, Russian Federation

Abstract

Characteristics of light scattering in sea water depend on the concentration and composition of suspended particles. There are a number of methods for solving inverse problems of determination of suspended matter composition from light scattering phase functions. In this work number and mass concentrations of total suspended matter and its specific size fractions in the waters of major currents of North Atlantic tropical region (NATR) are determined using these methods. The concentration and fractional composition of suspended matter differ significantly in the areas of upwelling and downwelling of water. All parameters is higher in the upwelling areas. The characteristics and variability of suspended matter in areas of upwelling and downwelling were found to be similar in Atlantic tropical water, Mediterranean Sea and Indian tropical water.

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V. I. Mankovsky and E. V. Mankovskaya "Composition of suspended matter in the tropical waters of Atlantic Ocean according to the light scattering", Proc. SPIE 10466, 23rd International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics, 104662M (30 November 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2284664

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