Summer Phytoplankton Blooms Induced by Upwelling in the Western South China Sea

During summer, phytoplankton blooms occur frequently off the southeast Vietnam coast in the western South China Sea (WSCS). Using multi-source remote sensing data, such as sea surface temperature (SST), sea surface wind (SSW), aerosol optical thickness (AOT), sea level anomalies (SLA), and chlorophy...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Marine Science
Main Authors:	Ying Chen, Haiyi Shi, Hui Zhao
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Subjects:	summer phytoplankton blooms upwelling Ekman transport western South China Sea Ekman pumping northward current
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.740130/full