METHOD OF ESTIMATING DEPTH OF TOP QUASI-HOMOGENEOUS LAYER OF HIGH-LATITUDE SEAS IN WINTER SEASON Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC C12Q1/00 G01B21/18 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: method involves determining in the investigated region and using a remote technique concentration of total suspended matter and chlorophyll, calculating the chlorophyll index I_chl from the ratio of concentration of chlorophyll to concentration of algae biomass, equal to concentration of total suspended matter minus concentration of inorganic suspended particles determined empirically, l_chl=chl oc 3/(tsm clark - 0.25), where chl oc 3 is chlorophyll concentration, tsm dark is concentration of total suspended matter, and subsequent calculation of the depth of the top quasi-homogeneous layer H_tql, equal to H_tql=KI_chl+B, where K and B are linear regression equation coefficients which are predetermined using a least-square technique for experimental values of the depth of the top quasi-homogeneous layer at several points of the investigated sea and a chlorophyll index value calculated from values of concentration of total suspended matter and chlorophyll determined at the same points using a remote technique.

EFFECT: invention simplifies the process, increases promptitude and information content of the method.

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