自主水下滑翔机在安大略湖南部和尼亚加拉河流中进行自主水下滑翔机观测
Paul McKinney1, Tom Hollenhorst2, Joel Hoffman2
1ORISE / US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division, 6201 Congdon Blvd, Duluth, MN, USA.
概括
自主滑翔机揭示了安大略湖水质的不同模式. 这些发现突出了离岸的关键前沿边界,这对于理解近海离岸连接和生物群落至关重要.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 临界技术 临界技术
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
背景情况:
- 劳伦西亚大湖的近海地区提供了重要的生态系统服务.
- 水质下降需要了解近岸离岸连接.
- 在动态过渡区观察水质是一项挑战.
研究的目的:
- 评估安大略湖南部的横岸和沿岸水质梯度.
- 描述近岸到离岸过渡区的水质变化.
主要方法:
- 在安大略湖南部部署了两架Slocum自主滑翔机,为期三周 (2018年).
- 收集了每次部署的3000多个垂直水柱形状.
- 从2公里到20公里的海上进行过渡.
主要成果:
- 夏季初:在表面附近最多的叶绿素在正面区域,在弱分层的近岸和非分层的近海水之间.
- 夏季末:整个地区的分层扩大;热热线加深,叶绿素在海岸10公里内减少,在热热线以下的海上最高值.
- 跨岸叶绿素正面边界始终在离岸,在沿海边界层内.
结论:
- 高分辨率滑翔机数据提供了关于沿海区变化的详细见解.
- 确定了一条重要的跨岸前沿边界,用于区分生物群落.
- 这项研究有助于更好地了解安大略湖的动态沿海过程.
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