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

The Gulf of Tonkin is a semi-closed gulf northwest of the South China Sea, experiencing reversal seasonal monsoon. Previous studies of water conditions have been conducted in the western waters of the gulf, but very few studies of the Chlorophyll- a (Chl- a) distribution have been carried out for th...

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Published in:Remote sensing of environment 2003-06, Vol.85 (4), p.475-483
Main Authors: Tang, DanLing, Kawamura, Hiroshi, Lee, Ming-An, Van Dien, Tran
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied geophysics
AVHRR SST
Chl- a
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Gulf of Tonkin
Internal geophysics
Marine geology
Phytoplankton
SeaWiFS
South China Sea
Wind
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Summary:The Gulf of Tonkin is a semi-closed gulf northwest of the South China Sea, experiencing reversal seasonal monsoon. Previous studies of water conditions have been conducted in the western waters of the gulf, but very few studies of the Chlorophyll- a (Chl- a) distribution have been carried out for the entire gulf. The present study investigates seasonal and spatial distributions of Chl- a and water conditions in the Gulf of Tonkin by analyzing Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Scanner (SeaWiFS) derived Chlorophyll- a (Chl- a), in situ measurements, sea surface temperatures (SST), and other oceanographic data obtained in 1999 and 2000. The results show seasonality of Chl- a and SST variations in the Gulf of Tonkin, and reveal phytoplankton blooming events in the center part of the gulf during the northeast monsoon season. In summer, Chl- a concentrations were relatively low (
ISSN:0034-4257
1879-0704
DOI:10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00049-X