Impact of two typhoons on the marine environment in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea -- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2016,34(4):871-884

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	FU Dongyang, LUAN Hong, PAN Delu, ZHANG Ying, WANG Li'an, LIU Dazhao, DING Youzhuan, LI Xue. Impact of two typhoons on the marine environment in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2016, 34(4): 871-884

Impact of two typhoons on the marine environment in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea

FU Dongyang¹, LUAN Hong¹, PAN Delu², ZHANG Ying¹, WANG Li'an¹, LIU Dazhao¹, DING Youzhuan¹, LI Xue¹

1 Lab of Remote Sensing & Information Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China;
2 State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics (Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration), Hangzhou 310012, China

Abstract:

This study investigated the effects of two typhoons (Nari and Wipha) on sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentration. Typhoons Nari and Wipha passed through the Yellow Sea on September 13, 2007 and the East China Sea (ECS) on September 16, 2007, respectively. The SST and Chl-a data were obtained from the Aqua/Terra MODIS and NOAA18, respectively, and the temperature and salinity in the southeast of the study area were observed in situ from Argo. The average SST within the study area dropped from 26.33℃ on September 10 to a minimum of 22.79℃ on September 16. Without the usual phenomenon of ‘right bias', the most striking response of SST was in the middle of the typhoons' tracks, near to coastal waters. Strong cooling of the upper layers of the water column was probably due to increased vertical mixing, discharge from the Changjiang River estuary, and heavy rainfall. During the typhoons, average Chl-a increased by 11.54% within the study area and by 21.69% in the offshore area near to the southeast ECS. From September 1 to 13, average Chl-a was only 0.10 mg/m³ in the offshore waters but it reached a peak of >0.17 mg/m³ on September 18. This large increase in Chl-a concentration in offshore waters might have been triggered by strong vertical mixing, upwelling induced by strong typhoons, and sedimentation and nutrient influx following heavy rainfall.

Key words: typhoon|Yellow Sea|East China Sea|chlorophyll-a concentration|sea surface temperature

Received: 2015-03-08 Revised: 2015-06-01

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