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Satellite color observations of spring blooming in Bering Sea shelf waters during the ice edge retreat in 1980The temporal and spatial development of the ice-edge bloom and the spring open-water bloom on the eastern Bering Sea shelf was studied using CZCS images of the eastern Bering Sea between April 27 and July 22, 1980. Images of the Norton Sound area taken during the period of ice breakup show that the influence of ice melt on phytoplankton growth is particularly significant where the ice is actively melting. Significant levels (5-30 mg/cu m) of chlorophyll could be seen trailing the ice pack as it melted and moved northward and westward in late April and early May. In the ice-free eastern Bering Sea midsummer image, a northwesterly oriented band of high pigment concentration was seen in the area of the outer domain, suggesting periodic offshore movements of shelf waters.
Document ID
19870060023
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Maynard, Nancy G.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD; California, University, La Jolla, United States)
Clark, Dennis K.
(NOAA, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Washington DC, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
June 30, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 92
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
87A47297
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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