Estimation of oceanic subsurface mixing under a severe cyclonic storm using a coupled atmosphere–ocean–wave model

Prakash, Kumar Ravi; Nigam, Tanuja; Pant, Vimlesh

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-259-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-259-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-259-2018

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

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

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03 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 03 Apr 2018

Estimation of oceanic subsurface mixing under a severe cyclonic storm using a coupled atmosphere–ocean–wave model

Kumar Ravi Prakash, Tanuja Nigam, and Vimlesh Pant

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RC1: 'Review of the arcticle: Estimation of oceanic sub-surface mixing under a severe cyclonic storm using a coupled atmosphere-ocean-wave model', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Nov 2017
- AC1: 'Interactive reply to Anonymous Referee #1 of manuscript OS-2017-83', Vimlesh Pant, 25 Nov 2017
- AC2: 'Revised Manuscript as per RC1', Vimlesh Pant, 22 Dec 2017
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Jan 2018
- AC3: 'Responses to the comments from Anonymous Referee#2', Vimlesh Pant, 27 Jan 2018
- AC5: 'Revised Manuscript with track changes', Vimlesh Pant, 27 Jan 2018
RC3: 'Review of Kumar et al., Estimation of oceanic sub-surface mixing under a severe cyclonic storm using a coupled atmosphere-ocean-wave model', Anonymous Referee #3, 09 Jan 2018
- AC4: 'Responses to the comments from Anonymous Referee#3', Vimlesh Pant, 27 Jan 2018
- AC6: 'Revised Manuscript with track changes', Vimlesh Pant, 27 Jan 2018

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

AR by Vimlesh Pant on behalf of the Authors (27 Jan 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (31 Jan 2018) by Markus Meier

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (06 Feb 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 Feb 2018)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (07 Mar 2018) by Markus Meier

Dear authors

I am pleased to inform you that your manuscript is now close to be accepted for publication in Ocean Science. Please take for the final version the technical corrections of the reviewers into account.

Best wishes
Markus Meier

Reviewer #3: Figures 4 (atmosphere validation) 5 (SST) demonstrate so obviously the better performance of the coupled model over the uncoupled model that one could think of mentioning this more prominent (maybe also in the abstract). Especially the improvement in SST and extreme weather phenomena has also found in coupled modeling studies for totally different regions (e.g Europe, Baltic, Jeworek et al., 2017, Hagemann, et al., 2017, Gröger et al., 2015).
However, I understand that the added value of coupling is not the focus of the present study. On the other hand this could make the study more interesting to research communities outside the Indian ocean and would likely increase the potential for referencing in future oceanoraphic literature. The publication is however acceptable as it is now.

Ho-Hagemann, H.T.M., Gröger, M., Rockel, B., Zahn, M., Geyer, B., Meier, H.E.M, 2017, Effects of air-sea coupling over the North Sea and the Baltic Sea on simulated summer precipitation over Central Europe, Clim Dyn,49: 3851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-017-3546-8

Jeworrek, J., Wu, L., Dieterich, C., and Rutgersson, A., 2017: Characteristics of convective snow bands along the Swedish east coast, Earth Syst. Dynam., 8, 163-175, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-163-2017.

Gröger M, Dieterich C, Meier HEM, Schimanke S (2015) Thermal air-sea coupling in hindcast simulations for the North Sea and Baltic Sea on the NW European shelf. Tellus A Dyn Meteorol Oceanogr 67(1):26911. doi: 10.3402/tellusa.v67.26911

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Short summary

Parameters at the sea surface are determined by the air–sea fluxes of heat, salt, and momentum. Surface wind speed drives the oceanic surface circulation and mixing of temperature and salinity up to a certain depth (mixed layer depth) from the sea surface. In this study, we examined the oceanic mixing process using numerical models under strong cyclonic winds. Results highlight the important role of inertial oscillations in subsurface mixing.