• DocumentCode
    1651540
  • Title

    Optical measurements of nitrate and H2S concentrations in Baltic waters

  • Author

    Prien, Ralf ; Meyer, David ; Sadkowiak, Birgit

  • Author_Institution
    Marine Chem., Leibniz-Inst. for Baltic Sea Res., Rostock, Germany
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    Nitrate and H2S concentrations were measured in 31 water samples from 4 CTD Stations in the North Atlantic and 234 water samples from all basins of the Baltic Sea, using standard wet chemical laboratory methods in parallel with a commercial in situ absorption spectrometer. The parameters for fitting the absorption spectra to sets of calibration spectra were optimized as a preparation to use the commercial instrument in situ.
  • Keywords
    nitrogen compounds; ocean chemistry; remote sensing; spectrometers; sulphur compounds; underwater optics; Baltic Sea; CTD Station; H2S; NO3; North Atlantic Ocean; chemical laboratory method; hydrogen sulphide concentration measurement; nitrate concentration measurement; ocean optical property measurement; spectrometer; Calibration; Chemical sensors; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Fitting; Hydrogen; Instruments; Laboratories; Light scattering; Sea measurements; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OCEANS 2009 - EUROPE
  • Conference_Location
    Bremen
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2522-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2523-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OCEANSE.2009.5278340
  • Filename
    5278340