Mesoscale contribution to the long-range offshore transport of organic carbon from the Canary Upwelling System to the open North Atlantic

Lovecchio, Elisa; Gruber, Nicolas; Münnich, Matthias

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5061-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5061-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5061-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 16

Research article

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27 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 27 Aug 2018

Mesoscale contribution to the long-range offshore transport of organic carbon from the Canary Upwelling System to the open North Atlantic

Elisa Lovecchio, Nicolas Gruber, and Matthias Münnich

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RC1: 'Review of “Mesoscale contribution to the long-range offshore transport of organic carbon from the Canary Upwelling System to the open North Atlantic” by Lovecchio et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Answer to Referee #1', Elisa Lovecchio, 04 Jun 2018
RC2: 'Review of the manuscript bg-2018-54', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Apr 2018
- AC2: 'Answer to Referee #2', Elisa Lovecchio, 04 Jun 2018
RC3: 'Review of manuscript bg-2018-54 by Elisa Lovecchio', Anonymous Referee #3, 17 Apr 2018
- AC3: 'Answer to Referee #3', Elisa Lovecchio, 04 Jun 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (18 Jul 2018) by Gerhard Herndl

AR by Elisa Lovecchio on behalf of the Authors (24 Jul 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (12 Aug 2018) by Gerhard Herndl

AR by Elisa Lovecchio on behalf of the Authors (13 Aug 2018)

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We find that the ocean's flow on scales of a few tens to a few hundred km has a central role in the lateral redistribution of the organic carbon from the coast to the open ocean. Narrow coastal filaments drive the offshore flux of organic carbon and strongly enhance its availability up to 1000 km from the coast. Eddies extend the flux up to 2000 km offshore containing 30 % of the organic matter in the open waters. Resolving these scales is essential to capture the coastal/open ocean coupling.