Change of sea surface temperature in the northwest Pacific Ocean over the past decade and its impacts on fisheries

  • Zhu Tao
  • , Runhe Shi
  • , Zhibin Sun
  • , Wei Gao

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Abstract

Sea surface temperature (SST) is an important factor that affects the changes of marine fishery resources. In this paper, the characteristics of distribution and variation in sea surface temperature was retrieved in northwestern Pacific Ocean by MODIS from 2008 to 2017. The results showed that the distribution of SST in northwestern Pacific Ocean was found to be characterized by regional and seasonal changes. Annually, periodical changes in SST was found unconspicuously, and spatially, the SST high value area showed a trend of moving from high-latitude to low-latitude. In August each year, there seemed to be a temperature boundary at 40°N, and the boundary will move south in September. Finally, we analyzed the SST distribution of the two main fishing periods of Cololabis saira in August and September each year, and preliminarily explained the cause of the "fish shortage" of saury recently years in Japan. The long-term variations in SST were discussed macroscopically in this paper, and this could give a new insight into fishing industry research in the Northwest Pacific.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRemote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability XV
EditorsNi-Bin Chang, Jinnian Wang, Wei Gao
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510621053
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
EventRemote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability XV 2018 - San Diego, United States
Duration: 22 Aug 201822 Aug 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10767
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceRemote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability XV 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period22/08/1822/08/18

Keywords

  • Fishing industry
  • MODIS
  • Northwestern pacific ocean
  • Sea surface temperature

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