Transfer in the Ocean Including Inelastic Scattering Processes Using the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Radiative Transfer Model SCIATRAN. Poster presentation at Colour and Light in the Ocean from Earth Observation [...] knowledge on PFT algorithms and ecology to two studies of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel assessing oceanic emissions and the link to specific PFT abundances (Booge et al. 2016, Schlundt et [...] other ocean-colour algorithms, such as standard Chla retrievals (RD-13). The direction for new satellite sensor construction for obtaining high quality PFT products from multi- and hyperspectral ocean colour

Soltwedel, A. Boetius, “FRAM: A multidisciplinary observatory in the North Atlantic - Arctic Ocean transition zone” , Arctic Observing Summit 2014, Helsinki, Finland, 9 April 2014 - 11 April 2014, 2014. hd [...] aircrafts, land-based stations, ice-based stations, moorings, floats, gliders, in-situ ocean floor stations, drones, and ocean floor crawling systems. Archival and publishing in the information system PANGAEA [...] Schroeder, and F. Ziemer, “COSYNA, an integrated coastal observation system for Northern and Arctic Seas”. OCEANS 2009-EUROPE, p. 1-7, 2009. [12] www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sensorml [13] www

player in the global carbon cycle. Ocean colour is also used to study export production: the fraction of primary production that is transported to the deep ocean. Ocean-colour data are also being used i [...] Other applications include studies of cross-domain fluxes and interactions: ocean-atmosphere and land-ocean fluxes of carbon, ocean-cryosphere interactions and climate impact on the polar ecosystems. It must [...] land to oceans and the amount of carbon going to lake sediments is in the same order of magnitude than the flux of carbon from land system to oceans. Because of the fundamental importance of ocean colour

player in the global carbon cycle. Ocean colour is also used to study export production: the fraction of primary production that is transported to the deep ocean. Ocean-colour data are also being used i [...] Other applications include studies of cross-domain fluxes and interactions: ocean-atmosphere and land-ocean fluxes of carbon, ocean-cryosphere interactions and climate impact on the polar ecosystems. It must [...] land to oceans and the amount of carbon going to lake sediments is in the same order of magnitude than the flux of carbon from land system to oceans. Because of the fundamental importance of ocean colour

Piel (top) 34 Arctic coasts in retreat A number of things are happening at the same time in the Arctic: sea ice is melting, permafrost is thawing, storms are getting more violent and the ocean water warmer [...] perate latitudes. Changes in the Arctic weather can also have a substantial impact on the global climate, not least of all because of the shear ex- panse of the Arctic coastal region. The northern seaboard [...] in the temperate lati- tudes, the coasts of the Arctic are well protect- ed from wave action from November through to May due to the presence of Arctic sea ice. In the summer months, however, waves can

Greenland, the Arctic Ocean lies completely within the Arctic Circle (~66,5°N) and is the smallest of the 5 oceans on our planet. With an area of 14 million square kilometres, the Arctic Ocean also includes [...] Fram Strait, the only deep-sea connection between Arctic and Atlantic Ocean. Photo: AWI/ Mario Hoppmann Map of the Arctic Ocean Map of the Arctic Ocean. The extremely low sea ice extent in September 2012 [...] biogeochemical processes within the Arctic Ocean, as well as how these are linked to the Atlantic Ocean, to predict upcoming changes in global ocean circulation, ocean productivity, and the consequences

started in the marginal sea ice zone east of Svalbard, and then set course north into the central Arctic Ocean.The marginal sea ice zone was mostly covered with decaying sea ice and some larger ice-free areas

progress into the north significantly. During our journey in the thick ice across the deepening Arctic Ocean, wildlife became scarcer and scarcer. Patches of Melosira arctica were only spotted rarely.

the Arctic Ocean. Stratification If freshwater enters the Arctic Ocean via rivers, preci- The consequences of climate change for the Arctic Ocean pitation or melting sea ice, it alters the ocean’s surface [...] definition. (Photo: Sebastian Menze/AWI) The Arctic Ocean The Arctic is, in contrast to the Antarctic, not a continent. Rather, it stretches across a central ocean that is surrounded by the northern edges [...] bottom of the Arctic Ocean. The currently known species include 366 different arthropods, 197 Fora- minifera species as well as 194 annelid and 140 ne- matode species. What lives in the Arctic Ocean and what

Greenland, the Arctic Ocean lies completely within the Arctic Circle (~66,5°N) and is the smallest of the 5 oceans on our planet. With an area of 14 million square kilometres, the Arctic Ocean also includes [...] Fram Strait, the only deep-sea connection between Arctic and Atlantic Ocean. Photo: AWI/ Mario Hoppmann Map of the Arctic Ocean Map of the Arctic Ocean. The extremely low sea ice extent in September 2012 [...] biogeochemical processes within the Arctic Ocean, as well as how these are linked to the Atlantic Ocean, to predict upcoming changes in global ocean circulation, ocean productivity, and the consequences