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Oceanographic monitoring in Hornsund fjord, Svalbard
Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Księcia Janusza 64, 01-452 Warsaw, Poland
Mateusz Moskalik
Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Księcia Janusza 64, 01-452 Warsaw, Poland
Oskar Głowacki
Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Księcia Janusza 64, 01-452 Warsaw, Poland
Vineet Jain
Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Księcia Janusza 64, 01-452 Warsaw, Poland
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Since 2015, temperature and salinity have been monitored in Hornsund fjord (Svalbard), where retreating glaciers add meltwater and terrestrial matter to coastal waters. Therefore, turbidity and water sampling for suspended sediment concentration and sediment deposition are measured. The monitoring spans from May to October, enabling studies on seasonality and its variability over the years, and the dataset covers the whole fjord, including the inner basins in close proximity to the glaciers.
Since 2015, temperature and salinity have been monitored in Hornsund fjord (Svalbard), where...
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