Summertime Phytoplankton Bloom in the South Sulawesi Sea

Author

Setiawan, Riza Yuliratno ; Kawamura, Hiroshi

Author_Institution

Center for Tropical Coastal & Marine Studies, Diponegoro Univ., Semarang, Indonesia

Volume

4

Issue

1

fYear

2011

fDate

3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

241

Lastpage

244

Abstract

During southeast (SE) monsoon, strong southeasterly winds induce offshore phytoplankton bloom in the South Sulawesi Sea (SSS). Alongshore wind stress, through interaction with the land topography, is suspected to be the main driving force. The bloom begins in June, enhances in July and reaches peak in August (1.3 mg/m³), then weakens in September. The bloom events coincide perfectly with the low SST and strong wind occurrences. Using advance satellite remote sensing measurements of chlorophyll-a (Chl a), sea surface temperature (SST), and sea surface vector winds for May-September 2004, we describe the seasonal and spatial distributions of the summertime phytoplankton bloom and related oceanographic features in the SSS.

Keywords

ocean temperature; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; topography (Earth); wind; AD 2004 05 to 09; South Sulawesi Sea; advance satellite remote sensing measurements; alongshore wind stress; chlorophyll-a; land topography; offshore phytoplankton bloom; sea surface temperature; sea surface vector winds; seasonal distribution; southeast monsoon; spatial distribution; strong southeasterly winds; strong wind occurrence; summertime phytoplankton bloom; Phytoplankton bloom; South Sulawesi Sea; satellite remote sensing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1939-1404

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTARS.2010.2094604

Filename

5676184