Synoptic-scale analysis of mechanisms driving surface chlorophyll dynamics in the North Atlantic

Ferreira, A. S. A.; Hátún, H.; Counillon, F.; Payne, M. R.; Visser, A. W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3641-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3641-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3641-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

Research article

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11 Jun 2015

Research article |

| 11 Jun 2015

Synoptic-scale analysis of mechanisms driving surface chlorophyll dynamics in the North Atlantic

A. S. A. Ferreira, H. Hátún, F. Counillon, M. R. Payne, and A. W. Visser

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C40: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Jan 2015
RC C56: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Feb 2015
RC C81: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 05 Feb 2015
AC C406: 'Response to referees', Sofia Ferreira, 02 Mar 2015
- AC C420: 'Revised manuscript', Sofia Ferreira, 03 Mar 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Sofia Ferreira on behalf of the Authors (05 Mar 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 Mar 2015) by Carol Robinson

RR by Fabrizio D'Ortenzio (19 Mar 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (21 Mar 2015)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (23 Mar 2015) by Carol Robinson

AR by Sofia Ferreira on behalf of the Authors (01 May 2015) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (05 May 2015) by Carol Robinson

AR by Sofia Ferreira on behalf of the Authors (14 May 2015) Manuscript

Short summary

Our main objective was to assess which bottom-up processes can best predict changes in phytoplankton surface spring blooms in the North Atlantic. We applied new phenology algorithms to satellite-derived data and compared four different metrics based on physical drivers of phytoplankton. We show that there is a dominant physical mechanism - mixed layer shoaling - and that different regions are governed by different physical phenomena.