Articles | Volume 15, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4271-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4271-2018
Research article
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13 Jul 2018
Research article |  | 13 Jul 2018

Phytoplankton size class in the East China Sea derived from MODIS satellite data

Hailong Zhang, Shengqiang Wang, Zhongfeng Qiu, Deyong Sun, Joji Ishizaka, Shaojie Sun, and Yijun He

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The PSC model was re-tuned for regional application in the East China Sea, and successfully applied to MODIS data. We investigated previously unknown temporal–spatial patterns of the PSC in the ECS and analyzed their responses to environmental factors. The results show the PSC varied across both spatial and temporal scales, and was probably affected by the water column stability, upwelling, and Kuroshio. In addition, human activity and riverine discharge may impact the PSC dynamics.
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