On the meridional ageostrophic transport in the tropical Atlantic

Fu, Yao; Karstensen, Johannes; Brandt, Peter

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-531-2017

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-531-2017

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-531-2017

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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

Research article

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06 Jul 2017

Research article |

| 06 Jul 2017

On the meridional ageostrophic transport in the tropical Atlantic

Yao Fu, Johannes Karstensen, and Peter Brandt

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Final revised paper (published on 06 Jul 2017)
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RC1: 'Review of the Manuscript OS-2016-98; On the meridional ageostrophic transport in the tropical Atlantic.', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Mar 2017
RC2: 'Review of "On the meridional ageostrophic transport in the tropical Atlantic" by Fu et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Mar 2017
AC1: 'Autor's response to the referee's comments', Yao Fu, 07 May 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Yao Fu on behalf of the Authors (08 May 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (25 May 2017) by David Stevens

AR by Yao Fu on behalf of the Authors (27 May 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

Meridional Ekman transport in the tropical Atlantic was estimated directly by using observed ageostrophic velocity, and indirectly by using wind stress data. The direct and indirect methods agree well with each other. The top of the pycnocline represents the Ekman depth better than the mixed layer depth and a constant depth. The Ekman heat and salt fluxes calculated from sea surface temperature and salinity or from high-resolution temperature and salinity profile data differ only marginally.