Hydrography, transport and mixing of the West Spitsbergen Current: the Svalbard Branch in summer 2015

Kolås, Eivind; Fer, Ilker

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1603-2018

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1603-2018

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1603-2018

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

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

Research article

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21 Dec 2018

Research article |

| 21 Dec 2018

Hydrography, transport and mixing of the West Spitsbergen Current: the Svalbard Branch in summer 2015

Eivind Kolås and Ilker Fer

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Final revised paper (published on 21 Dec 2018)
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RC1: 'MS No.: os-2018-86 review', Igor Polyakov, 08 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Igor Polyakov', Ilker Fer, 18 Nov 2018
RC2: 'Review of “Hydrography, transport and mixing of the West Spitsbergen Current: the Svalbard Branch in summer 2015” by Kolas&Fer', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Oct 2018
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2', Ilker Fer, 18 Nov 2018

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AR by Ilker Fer on behalf of the Authors (19 Nov 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (07 Dec 2018) by Matthew Hecht

AR by Ilker Fer on behalf of the Authors (10 Dec 2018)

Short summary

Measurements of ocean currents, stratification and microstructure collected northwest of Svalbard are used to characterize the evolution of the warm Atlantic current. The measured turbulent heat flux is too small to account for the observed cooling rate of the current. The estimated contribution of diffusion by eddies could be limited to one half of the observed heat loss. Mixing in the bottom boundary layer, driven by cross-slope flow of buoyant water, can be important.