Large-scale forcing of the European Slope Current  and associated inflows to the North Sea

Marsh, Robert; Haigh, Ivan D.; Cunningham, Stuart A.; Inall, Mark E.; Porter, Marie; Moat, Ben I.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-315-2017

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-315-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-315-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

Research article

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21 Apr 2017

Research article |

| 21 Apr 2017

Large-scale forcing of the European Slope Current and associated inflows to the North Sea

Robert Marsh, Ivan D. Haigh, Stuart A. Cunningham, Mark E. Inall, Marie Porter, and Ben I. Moat

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RC1: 'Minor Revisions', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Nov 2016
AC1: 'Response to Referee 1', Robert Marsh, 11 Dec 2016
AC2: 'Response to Referee 2', Robert Marsh, 11 Dec 2016

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (15 Mar 2017) by Matthew Hecht

AR by R. Marsh on behalf of the Authors (20 Mar 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

To the west of Britain and Ireland, a strong ocean current follows the steep slope that separates the deep Atlantic and the continental shelf. This “Slope Current” exerts an Atlantic influence on the North Sea and its ecosystems. Using a combination of computer modelling and archived data, we find that the Slope Current weakened over 1988–2007, reducing Atlantic influence on the North Sea, due to a combination of warming of the subpolar North Atlantic and weakening winds to the west of Scotland.