Seasonal hydrography and surface outflow in a fjord with a deep sill: the  Reloncaví fjord, Chile

Castillo, Manuel I.; Cifuentes, Ursula; Pizarro, Oscar; Djurfeldt, Leif; Caceres, Mario

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-533-2016

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-533-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-533-2016

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

Research article

|

12 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 12 Apr 2016

Seasonal hydrography and surface outflow in a fjord with a deep sill: the Reloncaví fjord, Chile

Manuel I. Castillo, Ursula Cifuentes, Oscar Pizarro, Leif Djurfeldt, and Mario Caceres

Data sets

Oceanografía del fiordo Reloncaví COPAS-SUR Austral http://www.reloncavi.udec.cl/

Datos hidrológicos en tiempo real, Chile Dirección General de Aguas http://www.dga.cl

Short summary

The upper layer of the Reloncaví fjord, Chile, shows a continuous stratification year-round. Nevertheless, the vertical salt flux seems to be balanced by the horizontal salt flux, which maintains the amount of salt into the fjord nearly as a steady state. The upper layer shows a flushing time of about 3 days.