Figure 3

Eight-daily time series of (a) CHL concentration, (b) area with CHL concentration >0.1 mg/m3, (c) eddy number, (d) eddy area and (e) Okubo-Weiss parameter, within 160–200°E and 16–25°N from February to July, 2010. The thin curves with error bars show the climatological monthly mean with the plus-minus standard deviations.