Intermediate water flows in the western South Pacific: as revealed by individual Argo floats trajectories and a model re-analysis

Barbot, Simon; Petrenko, Anne; Maes, Christophe

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4103-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4103-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4103-2018

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05 Jul 2018

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| 05 Jul 2018

Intermediate water flows in the western South Pacific: as revealed by individual Argo floats trajectories and a model re-analysis

Simon Barbot, Anne Petrenko, and Christophe Maes

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RC1: 'Intermediate water flows in the South-West Pacific from OUTPACE and THOT flows', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Response to the reviwer #1 of Simon Barbot et al. “Intermediate water flows ... Argo floats”', Simon Barbot, 08 Jun 2018
RC2: 'Intermediate water flows in the South-West Pacific from OUTPACE and THOT flows', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Response to the reviwer #1 of Simon Barbot et al. “Intermediate water flows ... Argo floats”', Simon Barbot, 08 Jun 2018
RC3: 'Review of ‘Intermediate water flows in the South West Pacific from OUTPACE and THOT Argo floats’, by Barbot, Petrenko and Maes', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 May 2018
- AC2: 'Response to the reviwer #1 of Simon Barbot et al. “Intermediate water flows ... Argo floats”', Simon Barbot, 08 Jun 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (11 Jun 2018) by Kelvin Richards

AR by Simon Barbot on behalf of the Authors (12 Jun 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (13 Jun 2018) by Kelvin Richards

AR by Simon Barbot on behalf of the Authors (21 Jun 2018)

Short summary

In the context of the OUTPACE cruise and THOT project in the western South Pacific Ocean, we use individual float trajectories in order to understand the intermediate-flow dynamics, from 300 to 1000 m depth. We highlight two main features: exchanges of water between parallel jets entering the Coral Sea through eddies and intermediate-wave influence of the currents in the frontal area connecting the Antarctic intermediate water (AAIW) and North Pacific deep water (NPDW) masses.