Seasonal and diurnal distributions of the phytoplankton, organic and suspended matter contents indicators in the Amur Bay and the adjacent area according to satellite data

Abstract

Seasonal course of the phytoplankton, organic and suspended matter contents indicators in three areas of the Amur Bay and the adjacent area during 2013–2014 according to the data on water color (WC) from the MODIS-Aqua and GOCI-COMS satellite sensors is analyzed. Features of this time variation at its comparing with change of the sea surface temperature, the wind speed and direction, the precipitation quantity are revealed. Separate cases have been distinguished as contributing to the formation of near-bottom water hypoxia. These cases were separately considered using the diurnal spatial distributions of WC parameters.