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Nikiforov, Sergey L; Colony, Roger; Timokhov, Leonid (2001): Hydrochemical Atlas of the Arctic Ocean [dataset publication series]. Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, St. Petersburg, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.691332

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Abstract:
Introduction: Chemical composition of water determines its physical properties and character of processes proceeding in it: freezing temperature, volume of evaporation, density, color, transparency, filtration capacity, etc. Presence of chemical elements in water solution confers waters special physical properties exerting significant influence on their circulation, creates necessary conditions for development and inhabitance of flora and fauna, and imparts to the ocean waters some chemical features that radically differ them from the land waters (Alekin & Liakhin, 1984).
Hydrochemical information helps to determine elements of water circulation, convection depth, makes it easier to distinguish water masses and gives additional knowledge of climatic variability of ocean conditions. Hydrochemical information is a necessary part of biological research. Water chemical composition can be the governing characteristics determining possibility and limits of use of marine objects, both stationary and moving in sea water.
Subject of investigation of hydrochemistry is study of dynamics of chemical composition, i.e. processes of its formation and hydrochemical conditions of water bodies (Alekin & Liakhin 1984). The hydrochemical processes in the Arctic Ocean are the least known. Some information on these processes can be obtained in odd publications. A generalizing study of hydrochemical conditions in the Arctic Ocean based on expeditions conducted in the years 1948-1975 has been carried out by Rusanov et al. (1979).
The “Atlas of the World Ocean: the Arctic Ocean” contains a special section “Hydrochemistry” (Gorshkov, 1980). Typical vertical profiles, transects and maps for different depths – 0, 100, 300, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000 m are given in this section for the following parameters: dissolved oxygen, phosphate, silicate, pH and alkaline-chlorine coefficient. The maps were constructed using the data of expeditions conducted in the years 1948-1975. The illustrations reflect main features of distribution of the hydrochemical elements for multi-year period and represent a static image of hydrochemical conditions. Distribution of the hydrochemical elements on the ocean surface is given for two seasons – winter and summer, for the other depths are given mean annual fields.
Aim of the present Atlas is description of hydrochemical conditions in the Arctic Ocean on the basis of a greater body of hydrochemical information for the years 1948-2000 and using the up-to-date methods of analysis and electronic forms of presentation of hydrochemical information. The most wide-spread characteristics determined in water samples were used as hydrochemical indices. They are: dissolved oxygen, phosphate, silicate, pH, total alkalinity, nitrite and nitrate. An important characteristics of water salt composition – “salinity” has been considered in the Oceanographic Atlas of the Arctic Ocean (1997, 1998).
Presentation of the hydrochemical characteristics in this Hydrochemical Atlas is wider if compared with that of the former Atlas (Gorshkov, 1980). Maps of climatic distribution of the hydrochemical elements were constructed for all the standard depths, and seasonal variability of the hydrochemical parameters is given not only for the surface, but also for the underlying standard depths up to 400 m and including. Statistical characteristics of the hydrochemical elements are given for the first time. Detailed accuracy estimates of initial data and map construction are also given in the Atlas. Calculated values of mean-root deviations, maximum and minimum values of the parameters demonstrate limits of their variability for the analyzed period of observations. Therefore, not only investigations of chemical statics are summarized in the Atlas, but also some elements of chemical dynamics are demonstrated.
Digital arrays of the hydrochemical elements obtained in nodes of a regular grid are the new form of characteristics presentation in the Atlas. It should be mentioned that the same grid and the same boxes were used in the Atlas, as those that had been used by creation of the US-Russian climatic Oceanographic Atlas. It allows to combine hydrochemical and oceanographic information of these Atlases.
The first block of the digital arrays contains climatic characteristics calculated using direct observational data. These climatic characteristics were not calculated in the regions without observations, and the information arrays for these regions have gaps. The other block of climatic information in a gridded form was obtained with the help of objective analysis of observational data. Procedure of the objective analysis allowed us to obtain climatic estimates of the hydrochemical characteristics for the whole water area of the Arctic Ocean including the regions not covered by observations. Data of the objective analysis can be widely used, in particular, in hydrobiological investigations and in modeling of hydrochemical conditions of the Arctic Ocean. Array of initial measurements is a separate block. It includes all the available materials of hydrochemical observations in the form, as they were presented in different sources. While keeping in mind that this array contains some amount of perverted information, the authors of the Atlas assumed it necessary to store this information in its primary form. Methods of data quality control can be developed in future in the process of hydrochemical information accumulation. It can be supposed that attitude can vary in future to the data that were rejected according to the procedure accepted in the Atlas.
The hydrochemical Atlas of the Arctic Ocean is the first specialized and electronic generalization of hydrochemical observations in the Arctic Ocean and finishes the program of joint efforts of Russian and US specialists in preparation of a number of atlases for the Arctic. The published Oceanographic Atlas (1997, 1998), Atlas of Arctic Meteorology and Climate (2000), Ice Atlas of the Arctic Ocean prepared for publication and Hydrochemical Atlas of the Arctic Ocean represent a united series of fundamental generalizations of empirical knowledge of Arctic Ocean nature at climatic level.
The Hydrochemical Atlas of the Arctic Ocean was elaborated in the result of joint efforts of the SRC of the RF AARI and IARC. Dr. Ye. Nikiforov was scientific supervisor of the Atlas, Dr. R. Colony was manager on behalf of the USA and Dr. L. Timokhov – on behalf of Russia.
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Nikiforov, Sergey L; Colony, Roger; Timokhov, Leonid (2001): Hydrochemical Atlas of the Arctic Ocean. Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, St. Petersburg, Version 1.0, CD-ROM, hdl:10013/epic.30422.d001
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 73.558872 * Median Longitude: 129.615209 * South-bound Latitude: 34.916700 * West-bound Longitude: 0.000000 * North-bound Latitude: 90.000000 * East-bound Longitude: -0.899990
Date/Time Start: 1948-04-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2000-09-17T00:00:00
Comment:
During the compilation of this data collection, the original source and principle investigators were not archived by the editors of the CD-ROM.
Change history:
2020-04-29T04:54:25 – Event annotations from client records removed
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise VegaDUGMS1984. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772571
  2. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise VegaDUGMS1985. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772572
  3. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise VegaDUGMS1986. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772573
  4. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_18_8924. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772580
  5. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_18_11348. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772574
  6. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_18_11445. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772575
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  8. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_18_12524. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772577
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  10. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_18_12527. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772579
  11. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_31_400. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772594
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  13. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_31_1192. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772583
  14. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_31_2170. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772589
  15. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_31_2174. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772590
  16. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_31_2175. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772591
  17. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_31_2547. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772592
  18. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_31_3272. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772593
  19. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_31_9339. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772596
  20. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_31_10614. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772581
  21. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_31_10726. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772582
  22. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_31_12556. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772584
  23. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_31_12901. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772585
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  25. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_31_13422. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772587
  26. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_31_13453. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772588
  27. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_49_10880. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772597
  28. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_49_12228. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772598
  29. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_77_1228. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772599
  30. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_90_7559. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772600
  31. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_90_8343. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772601
  32. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_90_8344. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772602
  33. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise WOD98_90_8347. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772603
  34. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise YSmirnitsky1999. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772604
  35. Anonymous (2001): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples during cruise YSmirnitsky2000. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772605

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