Beibu Bay
21. November 2005,
orbit: 19482

 

Backscatter coefficient of suspended matter

 

Concentration of total suspended matter

 

Pigment absorption coefficient

 

Quality measure of the inversion procedure (chi square)

 

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Site15: Beibu Bay

Beibu Bay, Gulf of Tonkin and Paracel Islands

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Standard products
Experimental products
Responsible partner
  • Formazin Nepholometric Units
  • Concentrations of some taxonomic of functional groups such as Coccolithophorides, Cyanobacteria etc.
  

Beibu Bay, also known as Gulf of Tonkin, is an arm of the South China Sea and covering an area of 126,250 km². The gulf borders Vietnam on the northwest, west and southwest. China lies to the north with the Island of Hainan forms the eastern limits of the gulf. The gulf is notably shallow (less than 60 metres deep). Haiphong in Vietnam and Beihai in China are the chief ports.
Numerous small islands are located in the gulf, most of which are concentrated in the northwestern gulf. Of note are larger islands of Bach Long Vi and Cat Ba of Vietnam and Weizhou of China. The Red River is the main river flowing into the Gulf.