Model uncertainties of a storm and their influence on microplastics and sediment transport in the Baltic Sea

Osinski, Robert Daniel; Enders, Kristina; Gräwe, Ulf; Klingbeil, Knut; Radtke, Hagen

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1491-2020

Articles | Volume 16, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1491-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1491-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 6

Research article

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03 Dec 2020

Research article |

| 03 Dec 2020

Model uncertainties of a storm and their influence on microplastics and sediment transport in the Baltic Sea

Robert Daniel Osinski, Kristina Enders, Ulf Gräwe, Knut Klingbeil, and Hagen Radtke

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RC1: 'Reviewer's Comments', Andrei Bagaev, 18 May 2020
- AC1: 'Response to first the first reviewer', Robert Osinski, 24 Jul 2020
RC2: 'Review – Osinski et al.: “Model uncertainties of a storm and their influence on microplastics / sediment transport in the Baltic Sea”', Florian Pohl, 29 May 2020
- AC2: 'Response to first the second reviewer', Robert Osinski, 24 Jul 2020

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AR by Robert Osinski on behalf of the Authors (11 Sep 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Sep 2020) by Erik van Sebille

RR by Andrei Bagaev (29 Sep 2020)

RR by Florian Pohl (21 Oct 2020)

ED: Publish as is (21 Oct 2020) by Erik van Sebille

Short summary

This study investigates the impact of the uncertainty in atmospheric data of a storm event on the transport of microplastics and sediments. The model chain includes the WRF atmospheric model, the WAVEWATCH III® wave model, and the GETM regional ocean model as well as a sediment transport model based on the FABM framework. An ensemble approach based on stochastic perturbations of the WRF model is used. We found a strong impact of atmospheric uncertainty on the amount of transported material.