Present climate trends and variability in thermohaline properties of the northern Adriatic shelf

Vilibić, Ivica; Zemunik, Petra; Šepić, Jadranka; Dunić, Natalija; Marzouk, Oussama; Mihanović, Hrvoje; Denamiel, Clea; Precali, Robert; Djakovac, Tamara

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1351-2019

Articles | Volume 15, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1351-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1351-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 5

Research article

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17 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 17 Oct 2019

Present climate trends and variability in thermohaline properties of the northern Adriatic shelf

Ivica Vilibić, Petra Zemunik, Jadranka Šepić, Natalija Dunić, Oussama Marzouk, Hrvoje Mihanović, Clea Denamiel, Robert Precali, and Tamara Djakovac

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RC1: 'Review of the paper //doi.org/10.5194/os-2019-10: Present-climate trends and variability in thermohaline properties of the northern Adriatic shelf', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Mar 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewer comments', Ivica Vilibic, 06 May 2019
RC2: '1st Review: Research article os-2019-10 entitled: Present-climate trends and variability in the thermohaline properties of the northern Adriatic shelf, by Vilibic et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Apr 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to reviewer comments', Ivica Vilibic, 06 May 2019

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

AR by Ivica Vilibić on behalf of the Authors (31 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Jun 2019) by Markus Meier

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (31 Jul 2019)

Suggestions for revision or reasons for rejection

2nd Review:
Research article os-2019-10 entitled:
Present-climate trends and variability in the thermohaline properties of the northern Adriatic shelf,
by Vilibic et al.

The authors have addressed my comments in the revised manuscript (ms). Most parts of the ms are now improved. I am still confused about Section 3.3 “Trends” and in particular for the discussion of Figures 9 and 10 showing monthly trends.

The authors rephrased just a small part of the text to explain the method at the end of Section 2 “Data and Methods”. I understand why (e.g. sampling errors) and how (e.g. fitting cosine functions) the residual timeseries are calculated. Note that fitting cosine functions is different than applying a low- or high-pass filter and indeed a monthly signal may still be present. However, the authors do not explain this clearly in the text, nor in their reply to the reviewers, and because of this there is still confusion of what part of the signal is eventually removed.

One other thing that makes those two Figures 9 and 10 confusing is that for most stations, months and variables (especially for salinity and density) the results are not statistically significant (i.e. not-filled circles). The authors are careful in the text not to discuss those patterns, but in my view, the figures are misleading showing colored features that eventually are statistically insignificant.

For the reasons explained above, I recommend the authors to revise the text in Sections 2 and 3.3. In Section 2, a more analytical description of the method should be provided. In Section 3.3, I strongly recommend that Figures 9 and 10 are removed since there is no added value to present statistically insignificant results for most of the stations.

Best regards.

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RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (24 Aug 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (24 Aug 2019) by Markus Meier

AR by Ivica Vilibić on behalf of the Authors (28 Aug 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (02 Sep 2019) by Markus Meier

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (03 Sep 2019) by Markus Meier

AR by Ivica Vilibić on behalf of the Authors (03 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (15 Sep 2019) by Markus Meier

Post-review adjustments

AA: Author's adjustment | EA: Editor approval

AA by Ivica Vilibić on behalf of the Authors (14 Oct 2019) Author's adjustment

EA: Adjustments approved (15 Oct 2019) by Markus Meier