Primary production analysis within the Portuguese coastal zone using mathematical modelling based on satellite data (original) (raw)

Abstract

The main purpose of this work was to develop a mathematical model capable to describe the main phytoplankton dynamics at four different oceanic locations of the Portuguese economic exclusive zone. Model implementation was based on data from satellite sensors: wind data (U10), significant wave heights (Hs), forth order spectral momentum of the wave regime (m4), chlorophyll–a (Chl-a), sea surface temperature (SST), cloud fraction; and nutrients data collected through buoy databases (nitrate, phosphate and silica). The developed model considers the main food chain mechanisms associated to the solar irradiation and the nutrients availability at the surface oceanic waters. The model was formulated with a system of mass conservation equations for five state variables: phytoplankton, herbivorous zooplankton, nitrate, phosphates and silicate. The numerical integration of this system of equations allows the performance assessment of the adopted biogeochemical reactions kinetics and to procee...

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