Korean Journal of Remote Sensing (대한원격탐사학회지)

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Tracking the Movement and Distribution of Green Tides on the Yellow Sea in 2015 Based on GOCI and Landsat Images

  • Min, Seung-Hwan (Oceanic Climate & Ecology Research Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS)) ;
  • Oh, Hyun-Ju (Oceanic Climate & Ecology Research Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS)) ;
  • Hwang, Jae-Dong (Oceanic Climate & Ecology Research Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS)) ;
  • Suh, Young-Sang (Oceanic Climate & Ecology Research Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS)) ;
  • Park, Mi-Ok (Department of Oceanography, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Shin, Ji-Sun (Korea Ocean Satellite Center, Korea Institution of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST)) ;
  • Kim, Wonkook (Korea Ocean Satellite Center, Korea Institution of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST))
  • Received : 2017.01.31
  • Accepted : 2017.02.23
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

Green tides that developed along the coast of China in 2015 were detected and tracked using vegetation indices from GOCI and Landsat images. Green tides first appeared near the Jiangsu Province on May 14 before increasing in size and number and moving northward to the Shandong Peninsula in mid-June. Typhoon Cham-hom passed through the Yellow Sea on July 12, significantly decreasing the algal population. An algae patch moved east toward Korea and on June 18 and July 4, several masses were found between the southwestern shores of Korea and Jeju Island. The floating masses found in Korean waters were concentrated at the boundary of the open sea and the Jindo cold pool, a phenomenon also observed at the boundary of coastal and offshore waters in China. Sea surface temperatures, derived from NOAA SST data, were found to play a role in generation of the green tides.

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