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JAPAN EAST SEA CRUISE III “JES 3” JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2000. JAN 98. FEB 98. JAN 99. FEB 99. JAN 00. FEB 00. Monthly AVHRR composites: Jan-Feb, 1998-2000. Monthly SEAWIFS composites: Jan-Feb, 1998-2000. JAN 98. FEB 98. FEB 99.
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JAPAN EAST SEA CRUISE III “JES 3” JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2000
JAN 98 FEB 98 JAN 99 FEB 99 JAN 00 FEB 00 Monthly AVHRR composites: Jan-Feb, 1998-2000
Monthly SEAWIFS composites: Jan-Feb, 1998-2000 JAN 98 FEB 98 FEB 99 JAN 99 FEB 00 JAN 00
Shelf Japan- East Sea (3) Jan-Feb 2000 Station Locations North Korea Yamato Rise SeaSoar Radial Cruise Track - Station Positions - Optics Station Positions Cruise Track South Korea Japan
Japan- East Sea (3) Jan-Feb 2000 Yamato Rise • SeaSoar Cruise track • -Optics Stations • Bio-optical Stations • BOPS
Jan 21, 2000 0624Z Cold Air Outbreak Cloud Streaks • AVHRR imagery illustrates , moisture • extracted from surface • waters near the coast and and • formation of heavy clouds offshore • Coastal / Shelf Water • Cooling and high evaporation
Coastal and Shelf Water Cooling Ice Formation Cold Air Outbreak • AVHRR imagery illustrates , • moisture extracted from surface • waters near the coast and and • formation of heavy clouds offshore • Coastal / Shelf Water • Cooling and high evaporation
Japan / East Sea JES 3 Jan/ Feb 2000 Cold Upwelling Eddy SeaSoar Cruise track and Station Locations Wasm front East Korean Warm Current
Jan 18, 2000 Feb 2, 2000 Japan Japan Korea Korea 16 14 Semi- Persistence Eddies occurred at the Subpolar From from the Beginning to End of Cruise Jan 18 – Feb, 2. Examples of the Frontal Location are Shown with the ship track and station locations 12 11 6 5
SeaWiFS derived • K532 • Diffuse • Attenuation • Coefficient • Bio-optical properties • Show eddy structure • Along the coast. The optical properties in cooler (North) and warmer (South) have similar bio-optical properties.
SeaWiFs Chlorophyll (SeaBAM ) Jan 21, 2000 0339z - Chlorophyll ~ 0.6 – 1.5 mg/ l clouds Feb 1, 2000 0330z clouds These chlorophyll imageries show the response of the surface biology to the passage of a 2 cold front.
Western Extension Central Extension East Extension Sea surface temperature imagery were composted for a 2 week period to define the SST climatology. Three extensions of the warm Tsumia current are illustrated which penetrate the basin interior.
Surface attenuation coefficient Ship track of the surface Optical properties B A B front A Front AVHRR- SST Surface Absorption Surface optical properties changes at the Subpolar Front, decreasing in the colder waters.
AVHRR – SST for Jan 28, 2000 Illustrating the passage of a cold front the extension of the warm Tsumina current at the Yamato Rise.