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Floating Algae Blooms in the East China Sea
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2017
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Source: Geophysical Research Letters, 44(22), 11,501-11,509
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Journal Title:Geophysical Research Letters
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Description:Afloating algae bloom in the East China Sea was observed in Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) imagery in May 2017. Using satellite imagery from MODIS, Visible InfraredImaging Radiometer Suite, Geostationary Ocean Color Imager, and Ocean Land Imager, and combined with numerical particle tracing experiments and laboratory experiments, we examined the history of this bloom as well as similar blooms in previous years and attempted to trace the bloom source and identify the algaetype. Results suggest that one bloom origin is offshore Zhejiang coast where algae slicks have appeared in satellite imagery almost every February –March since 2012. Following the Kuroshio Current and Taiwan Warm Current, these “initial ”algae slicks are first transported to the northeast to reach South Korea (Jeju Island) and Japan coastal waters (up to 135°E) by early April 2017, and then transported to the northwest
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Source:Geophysical Research Letters, 44(22), 11,501-11,509
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ISSN:0094-8276;1944-8007;
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