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Estimating the Total Concentration of Chlorophyll a in the Sea of Okhotsk Using Satellite Data

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This work continues studies assessing the possibility of using remote-sensing data of the chlorophyll-a concentration for estimating the biological productivity of the water area of the Sakhalin–Kuril region. In situ data of chlorophyll-a concentration are obtained during expeditions onboard R/V Professor Kaganovskii in the Sea of Okhotsk in 2004–2011. Vertical profiles of pigment concentration are described for different regions of the Sea of Okhotsk; the thickness of photosynthetic layer and the depth of the maximum chlorophyll-a concentration are determined. Seasonal and interannual variations of the chlorophyll-a concentration along the water column are analyzed and the coefficients of the ratio between the average pigment concentration on the surface and in the upper 100-m water layer are determined. This makes it possible to use satellite information to reconstruct a typical vertical pattern of pigment distribution for different seasons and areas of the Sea of Okhotsk and estimate its total content in the layer of pronounced photosynthesis.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank Lyubov’ M. Gostrenko, senior specialist at the Pacific Branch of VNIRO (TINRO), for invaluable assistance in taking the samples at sea and determining the concentration of chlorophyll a in the laboratory.

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  1. Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Sakhalin Branch, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia

    Zh. R. Tskhay

  2. Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Pacific Branch, Vladivostok, Russia

    G. V. Khen

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Tskhay, Z.R., Khen, G.V. Estimating the Total Concentration of Chlorophyll a in the Sea of Okhotsk Using Satellite Data. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 57, 980–990 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433821090656

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