一个以前发达的模型被修改导出三个浮游植物尺寸班(微 -- , nano- ,和微微浮游植物) 从全面叶绿素 -- 集中,假设每堂课有一个特定的吸收系数。修改模型表演了很好在原处从北华南海使用数据,并且结果可靠、精确。尺寸部分叶绿素的相对错误 -- 为每个尺寸班的集中是:微 -- :21% , nano- :41% ,微微 -- :26% ,并且 nano+pico:23% 。模型然后在海洋颜色遥感数据上被使用在大规模上在北华南海检验浮游植物尺寸班的分发和变化。
A previously developed model was modified to derive three phytoplankton size classes (micro-, nano-, and pico-phytoplankton) from the overall chlorophyll-a concentration, assuming that each class has a specific absorption coefficient. The modified model performed well using in-situ data from the northern South China Sea, and the results were reliable and accurate. The relative errors of the size-fractioned chlorophyll-a concentration for each size class were: micro-: 21%, nano-: 41%, pico-: 26%, and nano+pico: 23%. The model was then applied on ocean color remote sensing data to examine the distribution and variation of phytoplankton size classes in northern South China Sea on a large scale.