Seasonal and spatial distribution of chlorophyll-a concentrations and water conditions in the Gulf of Tonkin, South China Sea

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 475-483

  Tang, DanLing ^a,b   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^a   Lee, Ming An ^c   Van Dien, Tran ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Haiphong Institute of Oceanography   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

AVHRR SST; Chl a; Gulf of Tonkin; Phytoplankton; SeaWiFS; South China Sea; Wind

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; MIXING; WATER; WIND EFFECTS;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; MONSOON; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWIFS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 0038104738     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00049-X     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. An, N. T., & Du, H. T. (2000). Studies on phytoplankton pigments: chlorophyll, total carotenoids and degradation products in Vietnamese waters. Proceeding of the SEAFDEC seminar on fishery resources in the South China Sea area IV: Vietnamese water (pp. 1-18). Thailand: Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center.
2. Emery, W. J., Thomas, A. C., Collins, M. J., Crawford, W. R., & Mackas, D. L. (1986). An objective method for computing advective surface velocities from sequential infrared satellite images. Journal of Geophysical Research, 91(C11), 12865-12878.
3. Gradner, W. D., Gundersen, J. S., Richardson, M. J., & Walsh, I. D. (1999). The role of seasonal and diel changes in mixed-layer depth on carbon and chlorophyll distributions in the Arabian Sea. Deep-Sea Research, II, 46, 1833-1858.
4. Hooker, S. B., & McClain, C. R. (2000). The calibration and validation of SeaWiFS data. Progress in Oceanography, 45(3-4), 427-465.
5. Hooker, S. B., Esaias, W. E., Feldman, G. C., Gregg, W. W., & McClain, C. R. (1992). An overview of SeaWiFS and ocean color. In S. B. Hooker, & E. R. Firestone (Eds.), NASA Tech. Memo., vol. 1 (p. 104566). Greenbelt, MD, USA: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
6. Huang, Q. Z., Wang, W. Z., & Chen, J. C. (1994). Tides tidal currents and storm surge set-up of South China Sea. In D. Zhou, Y. B. Liang, & C. K. Zeng (Eds.), Oceanology of China seas (pp. 113-122). AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishing.
7. Hsu, C. -H., Lee, K. -T., Lee, M. -A., Liao, C. -H., & Lu, H. -J. (2000). Effects of seasonal environment changes on the mackerel purse seine fishery in the waters off northeast Taiwan monitored by satellite remote sensing. Proceedings of the joint Taiwan-Australia aquaculture and fisheries resource and management forum (pp. 257-261). Keelung, Taiwan: Taiwan Fish. Res. Inst.
8. Kubota, M. (1994). A new cloud detection algorithm for nighttime AVHRR/HRPT data. Journal of Oceanography, 50, 31-41.
9. NASA (2001). Available at: http://www.ssmi.com/qscat/qscat_description.html.
10. O'Reilly, J. E., Maritorena, S., Mitchell, B. G., Siegel, D. A., Carder, K. L., Garver, S. A., Kahru, M., & McClain, C. (1998). Ocean color chlorophyll algorithms for SeaWiFS. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 24937-24953.
11. Penjan, R., Siripom, P., Natinee, S., & Somboon, S. (2000). Temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and water masses of Vietnam waters. Proceeding of the SEAFDEC seminar on fishery resources in the South China Sea area IV: Vietnamese water (pp. 346-355). Thailand: Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center.
12. Shaw, P. T., & Chao, S. Y. (1994). Surface circulation in the South China Sea. Deep Sea Research, 41(11/12), 1663-1683.
13. Simpson, J. J., & Humphrey, C. (1990). An automated cloud screening algorithm for daytime Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer imagery. Journal of Geophysical Research, 95(C8), 13459-13481.
14. Suchint, D., & Puntip, W. (2000). Sub-thermoline chlorophyll maximum in the South China Sea. Proceeding of the SEAFDEC seminar on fishery resources in the South China Sea Area IV: Vietnamese water (pp. 1-17). Thailand: Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center.
15. Tang, D. L., & Kawamura, H. (2002). Ocean color monitoring of coastal environments in the Asian waters. Journal of the Korean Society of Oceanography, 37(3), 154-159.
16. Tang, D. L., Kawamura, H., & Luis, A. J. (2002). Short-term variability of phytoplankton blooms associated with a cold eddy on the North-western Arabian Sea. Remote Sensing of Environment, 81(1), 82-89.
17. Tang, D. L., Kester, D. R., Ni, I. -H., Kawamura, H., & Hong, H. S. (2002). Upwelling in the Taiwan Strait during the summer monsoon detected by satellite and shipboard measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 83, 457-471.
18. Tang, D. L., Ni, I. -H., Kester, D. R., & Müller-Karger, F. E. (1999). Remote sensing observation of winter phytoplankton blooms southwest of the Luzon Strait in the South China Sea. Marine Ecology. Progress Series, 191, 43-51.
19. Tang, D. L., Ni, I. -H., Müller-Karger, F. E., & Liu, Z. J. (1998). Analysis of annual and spatial patterns of CZCS-derived pigment concentrations on the continental shelf of China. Continental Shelf Research, 18, 1493-1515.
20. Varela, R. A., Cruzado, A., Tintore, J., & Garcia-Ladona, E. (1992). Modelling the deep-chlorophyll maximum. A coupled physical-biological approach. Journal of Marine Research, 50, 441-463.
21. Wentz, F. J., Smith, D. K., Mears, C. A., & Gentemann, C. L. (2001). Advanced Algorithms for QuikScat and SeaWinds/AMSR. IGARSS'01 proceedings 2001 (pp. 1-3). USA: NASA.