MODIS observed phytoplankton dynamics in the Taiwan Strait: an absorption-based analysis

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	MODIS observed phytoplankton dynamics in the Taiwan Strait: an absorption-based analysis
	Shang, S. ; Dong, Q. ; Lee, Z. ; Li, Y. ; Xie, Y. ; Behrenfeld, M. ; Shang SL(商少凌)
刊名	http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-841-2011
	2011
关键词	SOUTH CHINA SEA CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION WIND STRESS MEASUREMENTS SPECTRAL ABSORPTION OCEAN COLOR AQUATIC PARTICLES LIGHT-ABSORPTION WATERS PRODUCTIVITY REFLECTANCE
英文摘要	High-tech R & D program of China [2008AA09Z108]; NSF-China [40976068]; National Basic Research Program of China [2009CB421200, 2009CB421201]; China Scholarship Council; ITDU [B07034]; National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NNX08AF73A]; NASA [NNX09; This study used MODIS observed phytoplankton absorption coefficient at 443 nm (Aph) as a preferable index to characterize phytoplankton variability in optically complex waters. Aph derived from remote sensing reflectance (R(rs), both in situ and MODIS measured) with the Quasi-Analytical Algorithm (QAA) were evaluated by comparing them with match-up in situ measurements, collected in both oceanic and nearshore waters in the Taiwan Strait (TWS). For the data with matching spatial and temporal window, it was found that the average percentage error (epsilon) between MODIS derived Aph and field measured Aph was 33.8% (N = 30, Aph ranges from 0.012 to 0.537m(-1)), with a root mean square error in log space (RMSE_log) of 0.226. By comparison, epsilon was 28.0% (N = 88, RMSE_log = 0.150) between Aph derived from ship-borne R(rs) and Aph measured from water samples. However, values of epsilon as large as 135.6% (N = 30, RMSE_log = 0.383) were found between MODIS derived chlorophyll-a (Chl, OC3M algorithm) and field measured Chl. Based on these evaluation results, we applied QAA to MODIS R(rs) data in the period of 2003-2009 to derive climatological monthly mean Aph for the TWS. Three distinct features of phytoplankton dynamics were identified. First, Aph is low and the least variable in the Penghu Channel, where the South China Sea water enters the TWS. This region maintains slightly higher values in winter (similar to 17% higher than that in the other seasons) due to surface nutrient entrainment under winter wind-driven vertical mixing. Second, Aph is high and varies the most in the mainland nearshore water, with values peaking in summer (June-August) when river plumes and coastal upwelling enhance surface nutrient loads. Interannual variation of bloom intensity in Hanjiang River estuary in June is highly correlated with alongshore wind stress anomalies, as observed by QuikSCAT. The year of minimum and maximum bloom intensity is in the midst of an El Nino and a La Nina event, respectively. Third, a high Aph patch appears between April and September in the middle of the southern TWS, corresponding to high thermal frontal probabilities, as observed by MODIS. Our results support the use of satellite derived Aph for time series analyses of phytoplankton dynamics in coastal ocean regions, whereas satellite Chl products derived empirically using spectral ratio of R(rs) suffer from artifacts associated with non-biotic optically active materials.
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://dspace.xmu.edu.cn/handle/2288/60172]
专题	海洋环境－已发表论文
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shang, S.,Dong, Q.,Lee, Z.,et al. MODIS observed phytoplankton dynamics in the Taiwan Strait: an absorption-based analysis[J]. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-841-2011,2011.
APA	Shang, S..,Dong, Q..,Lee, Z..,Li, Y..,Xie, Y..,...&商少凌.(2011).MODIS observed phytoplankton dynamics in the Taiwan Strait: an absorption-based analysis.http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-841-2011.
MLA	Shang, S.,et al."MODIS observed phytoplankton dynamics in the Taiwan Strait: an absorption-based analysis".http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-841-2011 (2011).