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Chlorophyll-a, SST and particulate organic carbon in response to the cyclone Amphan in the Bay of Bengal

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This study aims to explore the variation of Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a), particulate organic carbon (POC) and sea surface temperature (SST) before (pre-cyclone) and after (post-cyclone) the cyclone Amphan in the Bay of Bengal (BoB). Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Aqua satellite level-3 data were used to assess the variability of the mentioned parameters. Chl-a concentration was observed to be significantly (t = −3.16, df ≈ 18.03, p = 0.005) high (peak 2.30 mg/m3) during the post-cyclone period compared to the pre-cyclone (0.19 mg/m3). Similarly, POC concentration was significantly (t = 3.41, df ≈ 18.06, p = 0.003) high (peak 464 mg/m3) during the post-cyclone compared to the pre-cyclone (59.40 mg/m3). Comparatively, high SST was observed during the pre-cyclone period and decreases drastically with a significant difference (t = 14, df = 33, p = 1.951e-15) after the post-cyclone period. The results indicated an increase in Chl-a (502%) and POC (240%) with a positive anomaly of 0.55 and 94.11 mg/m3, but a decrease in SST (8.52%) with a negative anomaly of 2.7°C in the BoB.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are thankful to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for providing the best track line data of the super cyclone Amphan. The authors would like to thank, National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as well as NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group Data Archival Centre for the MODIS-Aqua Chl-a, POC and SST data.

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  1. Fisheries and Marine Resource Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, 9208, Bangladesh

    Md Rony Golder, Muhammad Abdur Rouf & Joyanta Bir

  2. Department of Oceanography, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, 4331, Bangladesh

    Md Shahin Hossain Shuva & Mohammad Muslem Uddin

  3. Development Studies Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, 9208, Bangladesh

    Sayeda Kamrunnahar Bristy

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MRG: Conceptualization, methodology, investigation, writing original draft, data curation and visualization. MSHS: Methodology, resources, formal analysis, investigation, writing original draft, and visualization. MAR: Conceptualization, writing: reviewing and editing. MMU: Reviewing and editing. SKB: Resources, writing original draft. JB: Writing: reviewing and editing.

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Golder, M.R., Shuva, M.S.H., Rouf, M.A. et al. Chlorophyll-a, SST and particulate organic carbon in response to the cyclone Amphan in the Bay of Bengal. J Earth Syst Sci 130, 157 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-021-01668-1

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