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Research article
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07 Nov 2025
Research article |
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Colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) alters the seasonal physics and biogeochemistry of the Arctic Mackenzie River plume
Clément Bertin
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Vincent Le Fouest
LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs) – UMR 7266, Bâtiment ILE, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000 La Rochelle, France
Dustin Carroll
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San José State University, Moss Landing, CA, USA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Stephanie Dutkiewicz
Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Dimitris Menemenlis
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Atsushi Matsuoka
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA
Manfredi Manizza
Geosciences Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
now at: Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS, Trieste, Italy
Charles E. Miller
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Yonghong Yi, John S. Kimball, Jennifer D. Watts, Susan M. Natali, Donatella Zona, Junjie Liu, Masahito Ueyama, Hideki Kobayashi, Walter Oechel, and Charles E. Miller
Biogeosciences, 17, 5861–5882, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5861-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5861-2020, 2020
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We developed a 1 km satellite-data-driven permafrost carbon model to evaluate soil respiration sensitivity to recent snow cover changes in Alaska. Results show earlier snowmelt enhances growing-season soil respiration and reduces annual carbon uptake, while early cold-season soil respiration is linked to the number of snow-free days after the land surface freezes. Our results also show nonnegligible influences of subgrid variability in surface conditions on model-simulated CO2 seasonal cycles.
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We adjusted a model of the Mackenzie River region to account for the riverine export of organic matter that affects light in the water. We show that such export causes a delay in the phytoplankton growth by two weeks and raises the water surface temperature by 1.7 °C. We found that temperature increase turns this coastal region from a sink of carbon dioxide to an emitter. Our findings suggest that rising exports of organic matter can significantly affect the carbon cycle in Arctic coastal areas.
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