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Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (한국해양과학기술원)
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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)
  • Received : 2011.08.29
  • Accepted : 2011.11.11
  • Published : 2012.03.30
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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.

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