| The seawater transparency map and water color map were drawn with the measured data obtained in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea in 1975 - 1982. The relationship between the transparency of seawater and the suspended matter content in seawater was reduced. The suspended matter contents were calculated with the transparency of seawater and used to draw the suspended matter content map.
The governing equation for the relation between NOAA satellite data and suspended matter content in seawater was established. The suspended matter contents in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea were calculated with NOAA satellite data. NOAA satellite image coded with different colors were drawn to show suspended matter contents distributed in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea.
Fig.4, 5, 6 show there are three high value suspended matter content regions: the shallows of northern Jiangsu Province, the estuary of the Chingjiang River, the coastal water region of Chengshanjian.
In the shallows of northern Jiangsu Province, the suspended matter content is always high in a year. In winter, the turbid water distributes and disperses eastwards to a wide area. In summer, the area of the turbid water is comparatively smaller. |
