Effect of the North Equatorial Counter Current on the generation and  propagation of internal solitary waves off the Amazon shelf (SAR  observations)

Magalhaes, J. M.; da Silva, J. C. B.; Buijsman, M. C.; Garcia, C. A. E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-243-2016

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-243-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-243-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

Research article

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12 Feb 2016

Research article |

| 12 Feb 2016

Effect of the North Equatorial Counter Current on the generation and propagation of internal solitary waves off the Amazon shelf (SAR observations)

J. M. Magalhaes, J. C. B. da Silva, M. C. Buijsman, and C. A. E. Garcia

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Final revised paper (published on 12 Feb 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 27 Oct 2015)

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

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RC C1080: 'review', Leo Maas, 02 Nov 2015
- AC C1212: 'Reply to referee', Jorge Magalhaes, 17 Nov 2015
RC C1243: 'review', Kevin Lamb, 23 Nov 2015
- AC C1320: 'Reply to referee', Jorge Magalhaes, 15 Dec 2015
  - RC C1339: 'reply to author's response', Kevin Lamb, 22 Dec 2015
RC C1267: 'response to author's reply', Leo Maas, 02 Dec 2015

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AR by Jorge Magalhaes on behalf of the Authors (05 Jan 2016) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (27 Jan 2016) by Eric J.M. Delhez

AR by Jorge Magalhaes on behalf of the Authors (27 Jan 2016)

Short summary

Satellite imagery reveals intense internal solitary waves (ISWs) seen hundreds of kilometres from the Amazon shelf and extending for 500 km into the open ocean (propagating above 3 m/s, amongst the fastest ever recorded). Seasonality is discussed in light of the North Equatorial Counter Current, and a late disintegration of the internal tide (IT) is investigated based on climatological data. A late disintegration of the IT may explain other ISW observations in the world’s oceans.