Remote sensing observations of winter phytoplankton blooms southwest of the Luzon Strait in the South China Sea

Tang, Danling; Ni, I-Hsun; Kester, Dana R.; Muller‐Karger, Frank E.

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“…Chl a is high in this region during winter off the northwest coast of the Philippines, in accordance with previous studies. High pigment concentration southwest of Luzon Strait was centered at 118.5°E, 19.0°N in December 1979 (Tang et al, 1999). The bloom also appeared in January 1983 centered at 119.0°E, 20.0°N.…”

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“…The area is affected by the northeast monsoon in winter and southwest monsoon in summer (Shaw and Chao, 1994). The wind has influence on the local marine ecosystem (Tang et al, 1999).…”

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“…Prior studies have suggested upwelling can be responsible for the winter phytoplankton blooms southwest of Luzon Strait. Winter upwelling brings nutrients from deeper layers closer to the surface, fueling phytoplankton blooms (Tang et al, 1999;Chen et al, 2006;Peñaflor et al, 2007). The winter upwelling near Luzon Strait does not have a strong sea surface manifestation.…”

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“…Though the SCS is a relatively oligotrophic tropical-subtropical ocean (Tang et al, 1999(Tang et al, , 2004b, winter phytoplankton blooms occur in the vicinity of Luzon Strait in certain years (Tang et al, 1999;Chen et al, 2006;Peñaflor et al, 2007). Tang et al (1999) first reported this phenomenon appeared in the winters of 1981, 1982 and 1984 using Coastal Zone Color Scan (CZCS) data.…”

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“…Tang et al (1999) first reported this phenomenon appeared in the winters of 1981, 1982 and 1984 using Coastal Zone Color Scan (CZCS) data. Using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-derived data, Peñaflor et al (2007) indicated the presence of blooms southwest of Luzon Strait in the winters of 2003 and 2004.…”

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Winter phytoplankton bloom induced by subsurface upwelling and mixed layer entrainment southwest of Luzon Strait

Wang

Tang

Sui

2010

Journal of Marine Systems

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confidence: 90%

“…The area is affected by the northeast monsoon in winter and southwest monsoon in summer (Shaw and Chao, 1994). The wind has influence on the local marine ecosystem (Tang et al, 1999).…”

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Winter phytoplankton bloom induced by subsurface upwelling and mixed layer entrainment southwest of Luzon Strait

Wang

Tang

Sui

2010

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Winter bloom and associated upwelling northwest of the Luzon Island: A coupled physical‐biological modeling approach

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Jiang

2015

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For this paper, a coupled physical-biological model was developed in order to study the mechanisms of the winter bloom in the Luzon Strait (referred as LZB). Based on a simulation for January 2010, the results showed that the model was capable of reproducing the key features of the LZB, such as the location, inverted-V shape, twin-core structure and bloom intensity. The simulation showed that the LZB occurred during the relaxation period of intensified northeasterly winds, when the deepened mixed layer started to shoal. Nutrient diagnostics showed that vertical mixing was responsible for the nutrient supply to the upper $40 m layer, while subsurface upwelling supplied nutrients to the region below the mixed layer. Hydrodynamic diagnostics showed that the advection of relative vorticity (RV) primarily contributed to the subsurface upwelling. The RV advection was resulted from an offshore jet, which was associated with a northeasterly wind, flowed across the ambient RV field.

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Physical drivers of chlorophyll variability in the open South China Sea

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The variability of chlorophyll a concentration (Chl a) in the open South China Sea (SCS) was examined using observations from two Bio‐Argo floats. During the period of September 2014 to August 2015, there was a permanent subsurface Chl a maximum (SCM) in the depth range of 48 to 96 m in the central basin of the SCS. In the northern basin, the SCM disappeared in winter, replaced by enhanced surface layer phytoplankton with high Chl a. The values of the SCM were influenced by the vertical displacement of isotherms. Strong wind forcing and surface cooling were the main physical drivers of high surface Chl a in winter. In the north, stronger wind than in the center, lower sea surface temperature (SST) than in the center, and Kuroshio water intrusion were more favorable for the upward transport of nutrient‐rich deep water. A large amount of nitrate could be advected from the Taiwan Strait and shallow continental shelf to the northern basin in winter. A combination of strong wind mixing, surface cooling, Kuroshio water intrusion, and horizontal advection caused the winter surface phytoplankton bloom in the north.

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Remote sensing observations of winter phytoplankton blooms southwest of the Luzon Strait in the South China Sea

Cited by 106 publications

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Winter phytoplankton bloom induced by subsurface upwelling and mixed layer entrainment southwest of Luzon Strait

Winter phytoplankton bloom induced by subsurface upwelling and mixed layer entrainment southwest of Luzon Strait

Winter bloom and associated upwelling northwest of the Luzon Island: A coupled physical‐biological modeling approach

Physical drivers of chlorophyll variability in the open South China Sea

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