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Articles | Volume 20, issue 22
Articles | Volume 20, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4591-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4591-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 20, issue 22
Research article
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24 Nov 2023
Research article |  | 24 Nov 2023

Chromophoric dissolved organic matter dynamics revealed through the optimization of an optical–biogeochemical model in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Eva Álvarez, Gianpiero Cossarini, Anna Teruzzi, Jorn Bruggeman, Karsten Bolding, Stefano Ciavatta, Vincenzo Vellucci, Fabrizio D'Ortenzio, David Antoine, and Paolo Lazzari

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Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) interacts with the ambient light and gives the waters of the Mediterranean Sea their colour. We propose a novel parameterization of the CDOM cycle, whose parameter values have been optimized by using the data of the monitoring site BOUSSOLE. Nutrient and light limitations for locally produced CDOM caused aCDOM(λ) to covary with chlorophyll, while the above-average CDOM concentrations observed at this site were maintained by allochthonous sources.
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