Temporal and Spatial SST(Sea Surface Temperature) distribution and its impact on chlorophyll-a concentration in Southern Ocean during 2002-2012

Sea Surface Temperature (SST) has great impact on algae growth in ocean. And the variation of SST closely relate with global climate. As 1/5 of the greatest ocean, southern ocean SST temporal and spatial distribution needs wide attention. We uses MODIS SST inversed algorithm to find its regulation in this decade (October 2002 to March 2012, October to December and January to March a year). Significant annual cycles appears that SST rises from October and falls in February, while area > 70 degrees has peak in January. SST decreases with latitude ascending from spatial distribution. Through in high latitude, Ross Sea, Prydz Bay and Weddell Sea enjoy quite high temperature comparing to its adjacent area in same period. Almost whole blooms occur in these three seas in December, January and February, among which Prydz Bay has the highest suitable SST with 0.3-1.7 degrees C, Amundsen Sea has the second with -0.2-0.3 degrees C, Ross Sea has the lowest with -0.9-0.8 degrees C. Amundsen Sea owns the vigorous bloom and the narrowest suitable temperature period.