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Evaluation of ADEOS-II GLI ocean color atmospheric correction using SIMBADA handheld radiometer data
Hajime Fukushima Mitsuhiro Toratani Hiroshi Murakami Pierre-Yves Deschamps Robert Frouin Akihiko Tanaka 《Journal of Oceanography》2007,63(3):533-543
The performance of the “version 2” Global Imager (GLI) standard atmospheric correction algorithm, which includes empirical
absorptive aerosol correction and sun glint correction, was evaluated using data collected with handheld above-water SIMBADA
radiometers during 23 cruises of opportunity (research vessels, merchant ships), mostly in the North Atlantic and European
seas. A number of 100 match-up data sets of GLI-derived and SIMBADA-measured normalized water-leaving radiance (nL
W
) and aerosol optical thickness (AOT) were sorted out, using objective selection criteria, and analyzed. The Root-Mean-Square
(RMS) difference between GLI and SIMBADA nL
W
was about 0.32 μW/cm2/nm/sr for the 412 nm band, showing improvement by 30% in RMS difference with respect to the conventional “version 1” GLI
atmospheric correction algorithm, and the mean difference (or bias) was reduced significantly. For AOT, the RMS difference
was 0.1 between GLI estimates and SIMBADA measurements and the bias was small (a few 0.01), but the ?ngstr?m exponent was
systematically underestimated, by 0.4 on average, suggesting a potential GLI calibration offset in the near infrared. The
nL
W
differences were not correlated to AOT, although performance was best in very clear conditions (AOT less than 0.05 in the
865 nm band). Despite the relatively large scatter between estimated and measured nL
W
, the derived chlorophyll-a concentration estimates, applying the same ratio algorithm (GLI OC4V4) to GLI and SIMBADA, were
consistent and highly correlated in the range of 0.05–2 μg/l. The large variability in chlorophyll-a concentration estimate
for clear clean water areas (e.g. with the concentration range lower than about 0.05 μg/l) turns out to be due to the nature
of the “band ratio” based in-water algorithm. 相似文献
2.
Mitsuhiro Toratani Hajime Fukushima Hiroshi Murakami Akihiko Tanaka 《Journal of Oceanography》2007,63(3):525-532
The present study proposes an atmospheric correction scheme for Advanced Earth Observation Satellite II (ADEOS-II)/Global
Imager (GLI) ocean color retrieval that corrects for the atmospheric absorptive aerosol effect. Radiative transfer simulations
were conducted assuming a non-absorptive model aerosol with a soot-type aerosol at various mixture ratios. The results indicate
that while the spectral dependency of aerosol reflectance does not change in the longer (>550 nm) wavelength region, the reflectance
at shorter wavelengths is highly variable and depends on the mixture ratio. The influence of aerosol absorption was also investigated
using GLI data from ocean areas adjacent to Japan in the presence of absorptive Siberian fire smoke aerosol in the spring
of 2003. The spectral curvature of the aerosol was estimated from the data obtained. An empirical, iterative scheme that detects
and evaluates the influence of absorptive aerosols was developed by comparing 380 nm GLI-observed aerosol reflectance with
predicted reflectances derived using an in-water optical model. To evaluate the performance of this scheme, satellite-derived
normalized water-leaving radiances were compared with those measured from a ferry servicing Nagasaki and Fukue. The results
of data acquired on March 20, 2003, indicate that this absorption correction scheme improved root mean square estimation error
for normalized water-leaving radiance by approximately 40% in the 380, 400, and 412 nm bands. This atmospheric correction
algorithm was used as a part of the second version of the GLI standard ocean color data process system at Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency (JAXA). 相似文献
3.
Hiroshi Murakami Kosei Sasaoka Kohtaro Hosoda Hajime Fukushima Mitsuhiro Toratani Robert Frouin B. Greg Mitchell Mati Kahru Pierre-Yves Deschamps Dennis Clark Stephanie Flora Motoaki Kishino Sei-Ichi Saitoh Ichio Asanuma Akihiko Tanaka Hiroaki Sasaki Katsumi Yokouchi Yoko Kiyomoto Hiroaki Saito Cécile Dupouy Absornsuda Siripong Satsuki Matsumura Joji Ishizaka 《Journal of Oceanography》2006,62(3):373-393
The Global Imager (GLI) aboard the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (ADEOS-II) made global observations from 2 April
2003 to 24 October 2003. In cooperation with several institutes and scientists, we obtained quality controlled match-ups between
GLI products and in-situ data, 116 for chlorophyll-a concentration (CHLA), 249 for normalized water-leaving radiance (nLw) at 443 nm, and 201 for
aerosol optical thickness at 865 nm (Tau_865) and Angstrom exponent between 520 and 865 nm (Angstrom). We evaluated the GLI
ocean color products and investigated the causes of errors using the match-ups. The median absolute percentage differences
(MedPD) between GLI and in-situ data were 14.1–35.7% for nLws at 380–565 nm, 52.5–74.8% nLws at 625–680 nm, 47.6% for Tau_865, 46.2% for Angstrom, and 46.6%
for CHLA, values that are comparable to the ocean-color products of other sensors. We found that some errors in GLI products
are correlated with observational conditions; nLw values were underestimated when nLw at 680 nm was high, CHLA was underestimated
in absorptive aerosol conditions, and Tau_865 was overestimated in sunglint regions. The error correlations indicate that
we need to improve the retrievals of the optical properties of absorptive aerosols and seawater and sea surface reflection
for further applications, including coastal monitoring and the combined use of products from multiple sensors. 相似文献
4.
Hajime Fukushima Akiko Higurashi Yasushi Mitomi Teruyuki Nakajima Toshimitsu Noguchi Toshio Tanaka Mitsuhiro Toratani 《Journal of Oceanography》1998,54(5):417-430
This paper first describes the atmospheric correction algorithm for OCTS visible band data used at NASDA/EOC. Sharing a basic
structure with Gordon and Wang’s Sea WiFS algorithm, it uses 10 candidate aerosol models including the “Asian dust model”
introduced in consideration of the unique feature of aerosols over the east Asian waters. Based on the observations at 670
and 865 nm bands, the algorithm selects a pair of aerosol models that account best for the observed spectral reflectances,
and synthesizes the aerosol reflectance used for the atmospheric correction. Two different schemes for determining the value
of the parameter for the aerosol model selection are presented and their anticipated estimation error is analyzed in terms
of retrieved water reflectance at 443 nm. The results of our numerical simulation show that the standard deviation of the
estimation error of the “weighted average” scheme is mostly within the permissible level of ±0.002, reducing the error by
18% on average compared to the “simple average” scheme. The paper further discusses the expected error under the old CZCS-type
atmospheric correction, which assumes constant aerosol optical properties throughout the given image. Although our algorithm
has a better performance than the CZCS algorithm, further analysis shows that the error induced by the assumption taken in
the algorithm that the water-leaving radiance at 670 nm band is negligibly small may be large in high pigment concentration
waters, indicating the necessity for future improvements. 相似文献
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The shortwave radiative forcings of smoke aerosol in the cloudless atmosphere during the summer fires of 2010 in European
Russia were quantitatively estimated for the land surface and the atmospheric upper boundary from measurement data obtained
at the Zvenigorod Scientific Station of the Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics (OIAP ZSS), Russian Academy of Sciences.
Variations in the temperature of the surface air layer due to the smoke-induced attenuation of incoming solar radiation were
estimated. The most intensive smoke generation in the atmosphere was observed on August 7–9, 2010, when the maximum aerosol
optical thickness amounted to more than 4.0 at a wavelength of 550 nm. In this case, the albedo of single aerosol scattering
amounted to ∼0.95–0.96 and the asymmetry factor amounted to ∼0.69–0.70. The maximum shortwave radiative forcing of aerosol
amounted to about −360 W/m2 for the land surface and almost −150 W/m2 for the atmospheric upper boundary. During the period of intensive smoke generation, the cooling of the atmospheric surface
layer over daylight hours (12 h) amounted, on average, to ∼6°C. The power character of the dependence of the shortwave radiative
forcing of aerosol for the land surface on aerosol optical thickness up to its values exceeding 4.0, which was revealed earlier
on the basis of data on aerosol optical thickness (up to 1.5) obtained at the OIAP ZSS during the summer forest and peatbog
fires of 2002 in the region of Moscow, was supported. 相似文献
6.
During a cruise aboard the R/V Hakuho-maru in the northwestern North Pacific in the summer of 1998 the particle number concentrations
and the major ionic components of size fractionated aerosols were measured to investigate the aerosol produced by marine biological
activity. Continuous low concentrations of nitrate (<1.8 nmol m−3), similar to the marine air background level, were found over the northwestern North Pacific (40–45°N) and the Sea of Okhotsk
(44–45°N). Over the Sea of Okhotsk, a high concentration of chlorophyll-a (5.4 mg m−3) in seawater was observed, and atmospheric concentrations of non sea-salt (nss-) sulfate (44 nmol m−3), methane sulfonic acid (MSA) (1.8 nmol m−3) and particle number in the size range of 0.1 < D < 0.5 μm (199 cm−3) were found to be 9, 7, and 2 times, respectively, higher than those in the background marine air. The increase in particle
number concentrations mainly in the size range of 0.2 < D < 0.3 μm was likely caused by the increase of biogenic sulfate over the high productive region of the Sea of Okhotsk. In
humid air conditions (R.H. > 96%), the increased biogenic sulfate that condensed the large amount of water vapor would not
have sufficient solute mass to activate as cloud condensation nuclei (CNN) and would remain as aerosol particles in the marine
air with frequent sea-fogs over the high productive region. Biogenic sulfate originating from dimethyl sulfide (DMS) would
gradually grow into the CCN size and continuously supply a great number of CCN to the marine air in the northwestern North
Pacific.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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I. A. Gorchakova T. A. Tarasova M. A. Sviridenkov P. P. Anikin E. V. Romashova 《Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics》2009,45(4):467-477
The solar radiation flux incident on the land surface and aerosol radiative forcing are calculated from measurements carried
out under clear skies during the summers of 2004 and 2005 at the Zvenigorod Scientific Station (ZSS) of the A.M. Obukhov Institute
of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences. In these calculations, the following five models of aerosol optical parameters
are used: a standard model of continental aerosol, a semiempirical model based on measurement data, and three models obtained
from calculations on the basis of the Mie scattering theory for the mean size distribution of aerosol particles (which is
retrieved from aureole measurements). A study of the sensitivity of the flux and forcing to the choice of aerosol model has
shown that the relative error related to the model choice is not large (<5%) for the incident radiation flux and reaches 120%
for aerosol forcing at the atmospheric upper boundary. The aerosol radiative forcing at the atmospheric upper boundary is
also estimated and, according to our calculations, varies from −15 to −2 W/m2. The use (in calculations) of the values of the albedo of single-scattering and the factor of scattering-indicatrix asymmetry
at a wavelength of 550 nm, which were obtained for each of the observation periods, has made it possible to significantly
refine the value of aerosol radiative forcing (compared to that calculated for the means of these parameters over all the
periods). An even more accurate determination of aerosol radiative forcing is possible only when data on the size-distribution
of aerosol particles and their chemical composition for a certain situation under analysis are available. As a result of this
study, two models of the optical parameters of background aerosol have been proposed for use in radiation calculations: a
semiempirical model and a mean model obtained from the calculations based on the theory of scattering. Both models use the
values of the albedo of single scattering and the factor of asymmetry (at a wavelength of 550 nm) retrieved from the measurements
for each of the observation periods. 相似文献
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Kohtaro Hosoda Hiroshi Murakami Akira Shibata Futoki Sakaida Hiroshi Kawamura 《Journal of Oceanography》2006,62(3):339-350
This study compares infrared and microwave measurements of sea surface temperature (SST) obtained by a single satellite. The
simultaneous observation from the Global Imager (GLI: infrared) and the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR: microwave)
aboard the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (ADEOS-II) provided an opportunity for the intercomparison. The GLI-and AMSR-derived
SSTs from April to October 2003 are analyzed with other ancillary data including surface wind speed and water vapor retrieved
by AMSR and SeaWinds on ADEOS-II. We found no measurable bias (defined as GLI minus AMSR), while the standard deviation of
difference is less than 1°C. In low water vapor conditions, the GLI SST has a positive bias less than 0.2°C, and in high water
vapor conditions, it has a negative (positive) bias during the daytime (nighttime). The low spatial resolution of AMSR is
another factor underlying the geographical distribution of the differences. The cloud detection problem in the GLI algorithm
also affects the difference. The large differences in high-latitude region during the nighttime might be due to the GLI cloud-detection
algorithm. AMSR SST has a negative bias during the daytime with low wind speed (less than 7 ms−1), which might be related to the correction for surface wind effects in the AMSR SST algorithm. 相似文献
9.
Sea surface temperature observation by Global Imager (GLI)/ADEOS-II: Algorithm and accuracy of the product 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Futoki Sakaida Kohtaro Hosoda Masao Moriyama Hiroshi Murakami Akira Mukaida Hiroshi Kawamura 《Journal of Oceanography》2006,62(3):311-319
A sea surface temperature (SST) retrieval algorithm for Global Imager (GLI) aboard the ADEOS-II satellite has been developed.
The algorithm is used to produce the standard SST product in the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The algorithm
for cloud screening is formed by combinations of various types of tests to detect cloud-contaminated pixels. The combination
is changed according to the solar zenith angle, which enables us to detect clouds even in the sun glitter region in daytime.
The parameters in the cloud-detection tests have been tuned using the GLI global observations. SST is calculated by the Multi-Channel
SST (MCSST) technique from the detected clear pixels. Using drifting buoy measurements, match-up data are produced to derive
the coefficients of the MCSST equations and to examine their performance. The bias and RMSE of the GLI SST are 0.03 K and
0.66 K for daytime and, −0.01 K and 0.70 K for nighttime, respectively. 相似文献
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11.
Waters along China coast are very turbid with high concentrations of suspended sediment nearly all the time,especially at the Hangzhou Bay,the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Estuary and the shoal along Jiangsu Province.In these turbid and optically complex waters,the standard MODIS ocean color products tend to have invalid values.Because the water-leaving radiances in the near-infrared (NIR) are significant resulting from the strong scattering of suspended particles,the standard MODIS atmospheric correction algorithm often gets no results or produces significant errors.And because of the complex water optical properties,the OC3 model used in the standard MODIS data processing tends to get extremely high chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentrations.In this paper,we present an atmospheric correction approach using MODIS short wave infrared (SWIR) bands based on the fact that water-leaving radiances are negligible in the SWIR region because of the extreme strong absorption of water even in turbid waters.A regional Chl-a concentration estimation model is also constructed for MODIS from in situ data.These algorithms are applied to MODIS Aqua data processing in the China coastal regions.In situ data collected in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea in spring and autumn,2003 are used to validate the performance.Reasonably good results have been obtained.It is noted that water-leaving reflectance in the NIR bands are significant in waters along the China coast with high sediment loadings.The satellite derived and in-situ reflectance spectra can match in the turbid waters along China coast,and there is relatively good linear relationship between satellite derived and in-situ reflectance.The RMSE value of Rrs(λ) is 0.0031 sr ?1 for all the nine ocean color bands (412 to 869 nm).The satellite-derived Chl-a value is in the reasonable range and the root mean square percentage difference is 46.1%. 相似文献
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我国海区SeaWiFS资料大气校正 总被引:13,自引:1,他引:13
利用光谱辐射传输理论,结合海上同步实测资料,开发出我国海区SeaWiFS资料大气校正模型。经卫星资料处理结果比对,本模型在一类水体,基本消除了412nm和443nm波段离水辐射率小于0的现象;在二类水体,利用临近一类水体的大气条件进行了有效的大气校正;同时建立了670nm,765nm,865nm波段的大气校正模型,这三个面适用于高浓度悬浮泥沙的信息提取。本模型用于处理我国海区的SeaWiFS资料比美国NASA模型更适合我国海区特定的大气和海洋环境,为SeaWiFS资料海洋水色信息提取和我国海洋一号(HY-1)及风云一号(FY-1C)卫星资料的大气校正研究提供了技术基础。 相似文献
13.
Hiroshi Ishida Yutaka W. Watanabe Joji Ishizaka Toshiya Nakano Naoki Nagai Yuji Watanabe Akifumi Shimamoto Nobuhiro Maeda Michimasa Magi 《Journal of Oceanography》2009,65(2):179-186
Our analysis of the last three decades of retrospective data of vertical distributions and size composition of chlorophyll-a
(Chl-a) over the western North Pacific has revealed significant changes of three indices related to Chl-a during summer season,
as follows: (1) decreasing linear trend of the proportion of Chl-a in surface layer to that of the whole water column by 0.4
and 2.3% year−1 in the subtropical area along 137°E (STA137) during 1972 to 1997 and in the Kuroshio Extension area along 175°E (KEA175) during 1990 to 2001; (2) increasing linear trend of the depth of subsurface Chl-a maximum (DCM) by 0.4 and 2.6 m year−1 in STA137 and KEA175; and (3) decreasing linear trend of larger-size Chl-a (>3 μm) by 0.1 and 2.5% year−1 in STA137 and KEA175, respectively. Water density (σ
θ
) at 75 m depth had also decreased by 0.006 and 0.05 year−1 in STA137 and KEA175, respectively. The ratio of biogenic opal to biogenic CaCO3 in the sinking flux decreased by 0.015 year−1 in the subtropical region from 1997 to 2005. These findings may indicate that the subsurface chlorophyll maximum is deepening
and larger phytoplankton such as diatoms has been decreasing during the past decade, associated with the decreasing density
of surface water caused by warming in the western North Pacific, especially in the summer. 相似文献
14.
A simple, yet efficient and fairly accurate algorithm is presented to estimate photosynthetically available radiation (PAR)
at the ocean surface from Global Imager (GLI) data. The algorithm utilizes plane-parallel radiation-transfer theory and separates
the effects of the clear atmosphere and clouds, i.e., the planetary atmosphere is modeled as a clear atmosphere positioned
above a cloud layer. PAR is computed as the difference between the incident 400–700 nm solar flux at the top of the atmosphere
(known) and the solar flux reflected back to space by the atmosphere and surface (derived from GLI radiance), taking atmospheric
absorption into account. Knowledge of pixel composition is not required, eliminating the need for cloud screening and arbitrary
assumptions about sub-pixel cloudiness. For each GLI pixel, clear or cloudy, a daily PAR estimate is obtained. Diurnal changes
in cloudiness are taken into account statistically, using a regional diurnal albedo climatology based on 5 years of Earth
Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) data. The algorithm results are verified against other satellite estimates of PAR, the National
Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) reanalysis product, and in-situ measurements from fixed buoys. Agreement is generally
good between GLI and Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) estimates, with root-mean-squared (rms) differences of
7.9 (22%), 4.6 (13%), and 2.7 (8%) Einstein/m2/day on daily, weekly, and monthly time scales, and a bias of only 0.8–0.9 (about 2%) Einstein/m2/day. The rms differences between GLI and Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (VISSR) estimates and between GLI and
NCEP estimates are smaller and larger, respectively, on monthly time scales, i.e., 3.0 (7%) and 5.0 (14%) Einstein/m2/day, and biases are 1.1 (2%) and −0.2 (−1%) Einstein/m2/day. The comparison with buoy data also shows good agreement, with rms inaccuracies of 10.2 (23%), 6.3 (14%), and 4.5 (10%)
Einstein/m2/day on daily, weekly, and monthly time scales, and slightly higher GLI values by about 1.0 (2%) Einstein/m2/day. The good statistical performance makes the algorithm suitable for large-scale studies of aquatic photosynthesis. 相似文献
15.
Spatial variability in the primary productivity in the East China Sea and its adjacent waters 总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7
Primary productivity in the East China Sea and its adjacent area was measured by the13C tracer method during winter, summer and fall in 1993 and 1994. The depth-integrated primary productivity in the Kuroshio
Current ranged from 220 to 350 mgC m−2d−1, and showed little seasonal variability. High primary productivity (above 570 mgC m−2d−1) was measured at the center of the continental shelf throughout the observation period. The productivity at the station nearest
to the Changjiang estuary exhibited a distinctive seasonal change from 68 to 1,500 mgC m−2d−1. Depth-integrated primary productivity was 2.7 times higher in the shelf area than the rates at the Kuroshio Current. High
chlorophyll-a specific productivity (mgC mgChl.-a−2d−1) throughout the euphotic zone was mainly found in the shelf area rather than off-shelf area, probably due to higher nutrient
availability and higher activity of phytoplankton at the subsurface layer in the shelf area. 相似文献
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We selected surface flux datasets to investigate the heat fluxes during “hot events”; (HEs), defined as short-term, large-scale
phenomena involving very high sea surface temperature (SST). Validation of the heat fluxes against in-situ ones, which are
estimated from in-situ observation in HE sampling conditions, shows the accuracies (bias ± RMS error) of net shortwave radiation,
net long wave radiation, latent heat and sensible heat fluxes are 20 ± 45.0 W m−2, −9 ± 12.3 W m−2, −2.3 ± 31.5 W m−2 and 1.5 ± 5.0 W m−2, respectively. Statistical analyses of HEs show that, during these events, net solar radiation remains high and then decreases
from 246 to 220 W m−2, while latent heat is low and then increases from 100 W m−2 to 124 W m−2. Histogram peaks indicate net solar radiation of 270 W m−2 and latent heat flux of 90 W m−2 during HEs. Further, HEs are shown to evolve in three phases: formation, mature, and ending phases. Mean heat gain (HG) in
the HE formation phase of 60 W m−2 is larger than the reasonably estimated annual mean HG range of 0–25 W m−2 in the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool. Such large daily HG in the HE formation phase can be expected to increase SSTs and produce
large amplitudes of diurnal SST variations during HEs, which have been observed by both satellite and in-situ measurements
in our previous studies. 相似文献
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Seventy-five surface and subsurface sediment samples collected on the Amazon continental shelf were analyzed by X-ray diffraction
(XRD) in the grain-size fractions smaller than 2 μm. The groups of clay minerals thus identified were smectite, kaolinite,
illite, and mixed-layer illite/smectite. Calculation of relative abundance shows a predominance of smectite (37%) in the whole
area, followed by kaolinite (27%), illite (23%), and a small percentage of mixed-layer illite/smectite (12%). The distal,
northwest region of the continental shelf is characterized by a high abundance of smectite (41%), high salinity values, and
high sediment accumulation rates (10 cm year−1), whereas the proximal region is characterized by a comparatively low abundance of smectite (30%), low salinity values, and
low sediment accumulation rates (<1 cm year−1). This trend of increasing abundance northwestwards documents a preferential settling of smectite in the distal and more
saline regions of this estuarine system.
Received: 17 September 1999 / Revision accepted: 17 January 2000 相似文献
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The large amount of dissolved and particulate material discharged by the Amazon River into the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean cause distinct spectral response of its waters as compared to the nearby ocean waters. This paper shows the application of K-means clustering algorithm for classifying water masses in the region under the Amazon River plume influence according to their spectral behavior. Salinity and temperature data from 67 oceanographic stations were related to Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) remote sensing reflectances values and the following bio-optical products:(i) chlorophyll-a concentration, (ii) water attenuation coefficient and (iii) absorption coefficient for dissolved and detrital material. Four different water masses were identified such as:(1) oceanic water, (2) intermediate oceanic water, (3) intermediate river plume water and (4) Amazon River plume water. The spectral behavior of these water masses allowed concluding that the main active optical component of the waters in the region is the colored dissolved organic matter originated mostly from the Amazon River. 相似文献
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The abundance of a scyphomedusae, Aurelia aurita and Chrysaora melanaster, and a ctenophore, Bolinopsis mikado, in Tokyo Bay was investigated from 1995 to 1997. Aurelia aurita appeared throughout the year with a peak in abundance occurring from spring to summer. The average abundance and biomass
during this period for the three successive years was 4.8, 43.8 and 3.2 ind. m−2, and 1.02, 10.0 and 0.42 gC m−2, respectively. The values in 1995 and 1997 were comparable with those previously reported for A. aurita abundance from 1990 to 1992. Values were very high in 1996, but the size composition of the bell diameter did not differ
from other years, which suggested the absence of food limitation for A. aurita in 1996. C. melanaster was scarce over the survey period (<1.0 ind. m−2) while Bolinopsis mikado was more abundant during September to December, with maximum values of 172 ind. m−2 and 0.33 gC m−2 observed in December 1997. The weight-specific clearance rate for A. aurita on zooplankton (mainly copepods and their nauplii) was 0.16 ± 0.05 lgWW−1 h−1 (n = 13). Population clearance rate peaked from spring to summer, with average levels of 14.2%, 162% and 5.0% day−1 obtained from spring to summer for respective years. Population clearance rates for B. mikado, calculated based on minimum carbon requirements, was 7.1% day−1 in December 1997. Consequently, the trophic role of gelatinous zooplankton as predators in Tokyo Bay is important all the
year round, considering the high impact of A. aurita from spring to summer and B. mikado from autumn to winter. 相似文献