Extreme South Pacific Phytoplankton Blooms Induced by Tropical Cyclones
- Description:
- Wind-driven mixing and Ekman pumping driven by slow-moving tropical cyclones (TCs) can bring nutrients to the euphotic zone, promoting phytoplankton blooms (TC-PBs) observable by satellite remote sensing. We examine an exceptional (z-score = 18-48) TC-PB induced by category-1 Cyclone Oma near the South Pacific island of Vanuatu in February 2019, the most extreme event in the observed satellite ...
- Location:
- Vanuatu
- Format:
- Scholarly text
- Collections:
- Otago University Research Archive
- Publisher:
- Amer Geophysical Union
- Content partner:
- University of Otago
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