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http://dx.doi.org/10.4217/OPR.2012.34.1.029

Relationship between Interannual Variability of Phytoplankton and Tropical Cyclones in the Western North Pacific  

Park, Jong-Yeon (Climate Change & Coastal Disaster Research Department, KORDI)
Kug, Jong-Seong (Climate Change & Coastal Disaster Research Department, KORDI)
Park, Ji-Soo (Korea Polar Research Institute, KORDI)
Chang, Chan-Joo (Climate Change & Coastal Disaster Research Department, KORDI)
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Ocean and Polar Research / v.34, no.1, 2012 , pp. 29-35 More about this Journal
Abstract
We investigated the interannual relationship between chlorophyll concentrations in the western North Pacific and tropical cyclones (TCs) in the western North Pacific by analyzing data collected for >12 years. Despite the short-term scale (2~3 weeks) in the contribution of tropical cyclones to phytoplankton, the current study revealed that the long-term chlorophyll variability in the western North Pacific is profoundly related to long-term variability in the frequency of TCs. It was also found that the Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO) tends to control such relationships between the 2 bio-physical systems. This result suggests a significant climatic relationship between TC activity and marine phytoplankton, and also suggests the possibility of more accurate estimations of primary production in the western North Pacific.
Keywords
phytoplankton; chlorophyll; tropical cyclone; Western North Pacific;
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