• DocumentCode
    3380960
  • Title

    Study of snowmelt impact on SST and TSM fields in the coastal zone of Barents Sea

  • Author

    Uiboupin, Rivo ; Arino, Olivier

  • Author_Institution
    Marine Syst. Inst., Tallinn Univ. of Technol., Tallinn, Estonia
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    25-30 July 2010
  • Firstpage
    4212
  • Lastpage
    4215
  • Abstract
    Spatial and temporal variations of SST and biological fields were observed in the coastal area off Novaja Zemlja, Barents Sea. Focus is on the relation between SST and biological parameters. The variations of snowmelt runoff from land (glaciers and river runoff) were estimated using SAR imagery. A relation between snowmelt input from land and ocean Chi a as well as TSM concentration was observed based on a case study. The data showed that the TSM and Chi a concentration increased significantly ~30 days after the snowmelt over land started to increase.
  • Keywords
    glaciology; ocean temperature; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; rivers; sediments; snow; Barents sea coastal zone; Novaja Zemlja; SAR imagery; glaciers; river runoff; sea surface temperature field; snowmelt effects; snowmelt runoff; total suspended matter fields; Barents Sea; MERIS; snowmelt chlorophyll a; total suspended matter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • ISSN
    2153-6996
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-9565-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2153-6996
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5654375
  • Filename
    5654375