Journal
REMOTE SENSING
Volume 14, Issue 22, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/rs14225667
Keywords
Northwest Pacific Ocean; Kuroshio current meander; mesoscale cyclonic eddy; typhoon HAGIBIS; wind stress power; Ekman pumping velocity; sea temperature; sea salinity; phytoplankton bloom
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This study investigated the impact of super typhoon HAGIBIS and the Kuroshio current meander on ocean dynamics in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. The study found that the typhoon's wind stress and Ekman pumping velocity increased, leading to decreased sea temperature, shallow mixed layer depth, low sea salinity, and intensified phytoplankton bloom. These findings contribute to understanding the physical and biological mechanisms and predicting ocean anomalies.
Various multi-source observational platforms have enabled the exploration of ocean dynamics in the Northwest Pacific Ocean (NPO). This study investigated daily oceanic variables in response to the combined effect of the 2019 super typhoon HAGIBIS and the Kuroshio current meander (KCM), which has caused economic, ecological, and climatic changes in the NPO since August 2017. During HAGIBIS, the six-hourly wind speed data estimated a wind stress power (P-w) which strengthened around the right and left semicircles of the typhoon, and an Ekman pumping velocity (EPV) which intensified at the center of the typhoon track. As a result, firstly, the sea temperature (ST) decreased along a boundary with a high EPV and a strong cyclonic eddy area, and the mixed layer depth (MLD) was shallow. Secondly, a low sea salinity (SS) concentration showed another area where heavy rain fell on the left side of the typhoon track. Phytoplankton bloom (PB) occurred with a large concentration of chlorophyll a (0.641 mg/m(3)) over a wide extent (56,615 km(2); above 0.5 mg/m(3)) after one day of HAGIBIS. An analysis of a favorable environment of the PB's growth determined the cause of the PB, and a shift of the subsurface chlorophyll maximum layer (SCML; above 0.7 mg/m(3)) was estimated by comprehensive impact analysis. This study may contribute to understanding different individually-estimated physical and biological mechanisms and predicting the recurrence of ocean anomalies.
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