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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2014, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 219-227

Analysis of tropical cyclones influence on chlorophyll–a concentration fields in North-Western Pacific during 1979-1986 and 1996-2010 using satellite passive remote ocean color data

P.A. Salyuk1 , I.E. Stepochkin2 , A.I. Aleksanin3 , I.A. Golik1 
1 V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
2 Adm. G.I. Nevelski Maritime State University, Vladivostok, Russia
3 Institute of Automation and Control Processes FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
The satellite ocean color data of CZCS, OCTS, SeaWiFS, MODIS-Aqua and data of the Japan Meteorological Agency on tropical cyclones (TC) trajectories, wind speeds and area of TC influence were used in the study. In total, the data allowed to analyze the influence of 123 TCs on chlorophyll-a concentration in 1389 areas during 1979-1986 and 1996-2010, and influence of 135 TCs on sea surface temperature (SST) in 1412 areas during 2002-2010. It was shown that chlorophyll-a concentration increased in 81% cases, SST decreased in 76% cases. The most probable change of chlorophyll-a concentration was +18%; that of SST -3%. The growth of phytoplankton cells was observed on the 2nd-4th days after TC passage and continued for about 2 weeks. Peculiarities of satellite data use in chlorophyll-a concentration change analysis are discussed.
Keywords: chlorophyll-a, phytoplankton, tropical cyclones, typhoon, hurricane, ocean color, satellite, Pacific ocean, remote sensing
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