Light transmittance and potential solar heating of the ocean water column following record low sea ice extents across the Distributed Biological Observatory in the Pacific Arctic Region

Karen E Frey1, Bonnie Light2, Aimee Renee Neeley3, Lee Cooper4 and Jacqueline M. Grebmeier4, (1)Clark University, Graduate School of Geography, Worcester, MA, United States, (2)University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (4)University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD, United States