Seasonal renewal time variability in the Curonian Lagoon caused by atmospheric and hydrographical forcing

Umgiesser, Georg; Zemlys, Petras; Erturk, Ali; Razinkova-Baziukas, Arturas; Mėžinė, Jovita; Ferrarin, Christian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-391-2016

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10 Mar 2016

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| 10 Mar 2016

Seasonal renewal time variability in the Curonian Lagoon caused by atmospheric and hydrographical forcing

Georg Umgiesser, Petras Zemlys, Ali Erturk, Arturas Razinkova-Baziukas, Jovita Mėžinė, and Christian Ferrarin

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RC C1252: 'Review: Seasonal renewal time variability in the Curonian Lagoon caused by atmospheric and hydrographical forcing', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Nov 2015
- AC C1429: 'response to referee 1', Georg Umgiesser, 09 Jan 2016
RC C1307: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Dec 2015
- AC C1432: 'response to referee 2', Georg Umgiesser, 09 Jan 2016
AC C1441: 'complete response to editor and referees', Georg Umgiesser, 09 Jan 2016

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AR by Georg Umgiesser on behalf of the Authors (06 Feb 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (16 Feb 2016) by Lakshmi Kantha

AR by Georg Umgiesser on behalf of the Authors (20 Feb 2016)

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The paper explores the importance of physical forcing on the exchange mechanisms and the renewal time in the Curonian Lagoon over 10 years. The influence of ice cover on the exchange rates has been explored. Finally, the influence of water level fluctuations and river discharge has been studied. It has been found that ice cover is surprisingly not very important for changes in renewal time. The single most important factor is river discharge.