title: The Relationship of the Spatial Structure of the Total Suspended Matter Concentration and Hydrological Parameters in the Northern Black Sea According to Contact Measurements
abstract: Here we describe the features of the horizontal and vertical distribution of total suspended matter in the northern part of the Black Sea and their relationships with the water temperature, salinity, and density fields measured at the identical grid during hydro-optical surveys from 2016 to 2020. The results show that the primary sources of increased total suspended matter concen trations in the northern part of the Black Sea are low-salinity and turbid waters of the Kerch Strait; runoffs of the
journal: Fundamental and Applied Hydrophysics