Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2022, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 16-25.doi: 10.11978/2021043CSTR: 32234.14.2021043

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Analysis of temporal characteristics of chlorophyll a in Lingding Bay during summer

ZENG Dianting1(), LI Junyi1,2,5(), XIE Lingling1,2, YE Xiaomin3,5, ZHOU Da4   

  1. 1. Laboratory of Coastal Ocean Variation and Disaster Prediction, College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Continents - Deep Sea Climate, Sources and Environments, Zhanjiang 524088, China
    3. National Satellite Ocean Application Service, Beijing 100081, China
    4. National Ocean Technology Center, Tianjin 300112, China
    5. Key Laboratory of Space Ocean Remote Sensing and Application, MNR, Beijing 100081, China
  • Received:2021-04-08 Revised:2021-05-17 Online:2022-03-10 Published:2021-05-19
  • Contact: LI Junyi E-mail:Z_dianting@126.com;junyiocean@outlook.com
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(41776034);National Natural Science Foundation of China(41976200);National Natural Science Foundation of China(41706025);Guangdong Provincial College Innovation Team Project(2019KCXTF021);First-class Discipline Plan of Guangdong Province(231419012);First-class Discipline Plan of Guangdong Province(231919030);Open Fund of the Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Chinese Academy of Sciences(KLOCW1904)

Abstract:

We used the continuous in-situ air pressure, temperature, sea-surface wind, sea-surface temperature, salinity, chlorophyll a, current observation data, satellite rainfall data, and moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) visible band images to analyze the characteristics of sea-surface chlorophyll a in Lingding Bay of the Pearl River Estuary, during the study period of July 5 - 20, 2019. The methods of wavelet analysis and ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) are used. The results showed that the concentration of chlorophyll a during the observation period varied from 0.44 to 1.75 µg·L-1, with an average value of 0.80 µg·L-1. The periods of the signals in the time series of chlorophyll a were 6, 12 and 24 h. It is obvious that there was a phase relationship between chlorophyll a and tidal current, which would be changed by the rainfall over the Pearl River basin. In the study period, chlorophyll a was in an inverse phase relationship with the tidal current, which means that the chlorophyll a concentration reached maximum (minimum) with the maximum flow in the ebb (rising) tide. The difference of chlorophyll a concentration in the ebb and rising tides was about 0.3 µg·L-1. When rainfall occurred in the Pearl River Basin from July 8 to 13, chlorophyll a concentration increased from 0.02 ~ 0.09 µg·L-1 to about 0.15 µg·L-1 at the periods of 6, 12 and 24 h. Furthermore, the chlorophyll a concentration in the Pearl River Estuary increased by about 0.3 µg·L-1 for 80 h after the rainfall. After the rainfall, the time series of tidal current lagged behind chlorophyll a for about 6 h from July 13 to 20. The concentration of chlorophyll a reached minimum (maximum) with high (low) tide. The results present that rainfall not only increased the chlorophyll a in the estuary, but also induced the transformation of the phase relationship between chlorophyll a and tidal current.

Key words: Pearl River Estuary, Lingding Bay, chlorophyll a, tidal cycle, rainfall

CLC Number: 

  • P735.12