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Relation between the depth of visibility of a white disk and the concentration of suspended matter in shelf waters off the Republic of Guinea

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Soviet journal of physical oceanography

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Combined studies on the depth of visibility of a white disk and the total concentration of suspended matter have been carried out in the surface layer on the Guinean shelf (the depth of the site was 2–180 m). A relation close to a linear one is observed between the logarithms of these values; the correlation coefficient is −0·97. It is shown that the regression equation is applicable to the total shelf zone of Guinea for dry and wet seasons. An equation is obtained which permits the estimation of the water volume using the depth of the white disk visibility which should be sampled in the given site for filtration to determine the concentration of suspended matter with the necessary accuracy.

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  1. V. L. Vladimirov
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  2. A. A. Bezborodov
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  3. O. V. Martynov
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  4. E. I. Ovsyanyi
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Translated by Mikhail M. Trufanov.

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Vladimirov, V.L., Bezborodov, A.A., Martynov, O.V. et al. Relation between the depth of visibility of a white disk and the concentration of suspended matter in shelf waters off the Republic of Guinea. Soviet Journal of Physical Oceanography 1, 469–474 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02197001

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