Diagnosing transit times on the northwestern North Atlantic continental shelf

Rutherford, Krysten; Fennel, Katja

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1207-2018

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1207-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1207-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

Research article

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12 Oct 2018

Research article |

| 12 Oct 2018

Diagnosing transit times on the northwestern North Atlantic continental shelf

Krysten Rutherford and Katja Fennel

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RC1: 'Minor revision', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Jun 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Krysten Rutherford, 13 Aug 2018
RC2: 'Review for manuscript “Diagnosing transit times on the northwestern North Atlantic continental shelf” by Krysten Rutherford and Katja Fennel', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Jul 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #2', Krysten Rutherford, 13 Aug 2018

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AR by Krysten Rutherford on behalf of the Authors (24 Aug 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (15 Sep 2018) by Markus Meier

AR by Krysten Rutherford on behalf of the Authors (21 Sep 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

Using a regional model of the northwestern North Atlantic shelves, we calculate transport timescales and pathways in order to understand the transport processes that underlie the rapid oxygen loss, air–sea CO² flux, and supply of plankton seed populations on the Scotian Shelf. Study results highlight the limited connectivity between the Scotian Shelf and adjacent slope waters; instead, the dominant southwestward currents bring Grand Banks and Gulf of St. Lawrence waters to the Scotian Shelf.