The impact of upwelling on the intensification of anticyclonic ocean eddies in the Caribbean Sea

van der Boog, Carine G.; Pietrzak, Julie D.; Dijkstra, Henk A.; Brüggemann, Nils; van Westen, René M.; James, Rebecca K.; Bouma, Tjeerd J.; Riva, Riccardo E. M.; Slobbe, D. Cornelis; Klees, Roland; Zijlema, Marcel; Katsman, Caroline A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1419-2019

Articles | Volume 15, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1419-2019

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1419-2019

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

Articles | Volume 15, issue 6

Research article

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07 Nov 2019

Research article |

| 07 Nov 2019

The impact of upwelling on the intensification of anticyclonic ocean eddies in the Caribbean Sea

Carine G. van der Boog, Julie D. Pietrzak, Henk A. Dijkstra, Nils Brüggemann, René M. van Westen, Rebecca K. James, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Riccardo E. M. Riva, D. Cornelis Slobbe, Roland Klees, Marcel Zijlema, and Caroline A. Katsman

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RC1: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Aug 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Carine van der Boog, 16 Sep 2019
RC2: 'reviewer's comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Aug 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #2', Carine van der Boog, 16 Sep 2019

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ED: Publish as is (07 Oct 2019) by A.J. George Nurser

AR by Carine van der Boog on behalf of the Authors (08 Oct 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

We use a model of the Caribbean Sea to study how coastal upwelling along Venezuela impacts the evolution of energetic anticyclonic eddies. We show that the anticyclones grow by the advection of the cold upwelling filaments. These filaments increase the density gradient and vertical shear of the anticyclones. Furthermore, we show that stronger upwelling results in stronger eddies, while model simulations with weaker upwelling contain weaker eddies.