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Analysis of the interannual variation characteristics of the northernmost drift position of the green tide in the Yellow Sea

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The green tide in the Yellow Sea is the world’s largest macroalgal bloom. The maximum area affected by green tide can reach tens of thousands of square kilometers. Previous studies have shown that green tide drifts northward during the outbreak, yet the location of its northernmost drift and the characteristics of interannual variations have not been explored in detail. In this paper, we use the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) data, GaoFen-1 (GF-1) satellite data, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aerial data, and field trips for extraction and monitoring of green tide and then analyze the emergence, development, and dissipation of the green tide in Rongcheng coastal waters and the change of the northernmost drift position and its related factors from the year of 2013 to 2018. The results show that green tide have drifted to the Rongcheng coastal area over the years and the northernmost drift position can reach 37.662° N in 2014. Interannual difference of the northernmost position of the drift of the green tide is obvious, it is mainly affected by the wind, and there is no certain connection with the maximum coverage area, the coverage area when reaching the northernmost position, and the existence days of the green tide. These results can help to understand the drift range and dissipation process of green tide in the Yellow Sea.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the US NASA for providing MODIS and SSW data and China Centre For Resources Satellite Data and Application for providing GF-1 data.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [41876107], NSFC-Shandong joint fund project [U1706219], Basic Special Program of Ministry of Science and Technology [2014FY210600], and the Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology of China [2016ASKJ02].

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  1. Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, China

    Dongxue Li, Zhiqiang Gao & Xiangyang Zheng

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Dongxue Li

  3. Yantai Meteorological Bureau, Yantai, 264003, China

    Nanyu Wang

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Li, D., Gao, Z., Zheng, X. et al. Analysis of the interannual variation characteristics of the northernmost drift position of the green tide in the Yellow Sea. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 35137–35147 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09730-z

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