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Physical modulation to the biological productivity in the summer Vietnam upwelling system
Wenfang Lu
Key Laboratory of Spatial Data Mining and Information Sharing of Ministry of Education & National Engineering Research Centre of Geo-spatial Information Technology, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Center for Remote Sensing, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
Joint Institute for Coastal Research and Management, University of Delaware/Xiamen University, Newark/Xiamen, USA/China
Lie-Yauw Oey
Graduate Institute of Hydrological & Oceanic Sciences, National Central University, Jhongli City, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Program in Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Enhui Liao
Geosciences Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Wei Zhuang
State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Joint Institute for Coastal Research and Management, University of Delaware/Xiamen University, Newark/Xiamen, USA/China
Xiao-Hai Yan
Center for Remote Sensing, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
Joint Institute for Coastal Research and Management, University of Delaware/Xiamen University, Newark/Xiamen, USA/China
Yuwu Jiang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Joint Institute for Coastal Research and Management, University of Delaware/Xiamen University, Newark/Xiamen, USA/China
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Short summary
In this study, we investigate the physical factors controlling the biological production in a coastal upwelling system, the Vietnam boundary upwelling system in the South China Sea. We found that, in addition to the effects from the wind (as a major factor driving the ocean), the ocean circulation could also contribute positively to the production here, which is distinct from other major coastal upwelling systems.
In this study, we investigate the physical factors controlling the biological production in a...
