Coastal gradients in False Bay, south of Cape Town: what insights can be gained from mesoscale reanalysis?

Jury, Mark R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1545-2020

Articles | Volume 16, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1545-2020

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1545-2020

© 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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18 Dec 2020

Research article |

| 18 Dec 2020

Coastal gradients in False Bay, south of Cape Town: what insights can be gained from mesoscale reanalysis?

Mark R. Jury

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RC1: 'Corrections - Questions', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'Author responses to both reviewer comments', Mark Jury, 15 Oct 2020
RC2: 'Coastal gradients south of Cape Town; what insights can be gained from mesoscale analysis? M.R. Jury Referee 2 report', Geoff Bailey, 08 Oct 2020
- AC2: 'track-change paper', Mark Jury, 15 Oct 2020

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AR by Mark Jury on behalf of the Authors (15 Oct 2020)

ED: Publish as is (21 Oct 2020) by Piers Chapman

AR by Mark Jury on behalf of the Authors (22 Oct 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

Mesoscale datasets are used to study coastal gradients in the marine climate and oceanography of False Bay, south of Cape Town. Building on past work, satellite and ocean–atmosphere reanalyses are used to gain new insights into the mean structure, circulation and meteorological features. HYCOM v3 hindcasts represent a coastward reduction of mixing that enhances stratification and productivity in False Bay during summer.