Wind variability in the Canary Current during the last 70 years

Marrero-Betancort, Nerea; Marcello, Javier; Rodríguez Esparragón, Dionisio; Hernández-León, Santiago

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-951-2020

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-951-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-951-2020

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

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

Research article

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06 Aug 2020

Research article |

| 06 Aug 2020

Wind variability in the Canary Current during the last 70 years

Nerea Marrero-Betancort, Javier Marcello, Dionisio Rodríguez Esparragón, and Santiago Hernández-León

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RC1: 'Article review', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Apr 2020
- AC1: 'Review 1', Nerea Marrero Betancort, 25 Apr 2020
  - RC2: 'Review 1', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 May 2020
    - AC3: 'Review 1', Nerea Marrero Betancort, 05 Jun 2020
RC3: 'Wind variability in the Canary Current during the last 70 years', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 May 2020
- AC2: 'Review 3', Nerea Marrero Betancort, 04 Jun 2020

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AR by Nerea Marrero Betancort on behalf of the Authors (05 Jun 2020) Author's response Manuscript

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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (28 Jun 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (01 Jul 2020)

ED: Publish as is (09 Jul 2020) by Erik van Sebille

AR by Nerea Marrero Betancort on behalf of the Authors (14 Jul 2020)

Short summary

We analyzed changes in wind patterns during the last 70 years (1948–2017) in the Canary Current area, located in one of the major upwelling regions in the world, using monthly NCEP wind data. Results demonstrate that trade winds were quite stable in direction but suffered a significant net decrease of 1 m s⁻¹ in intensity. We also found significant correlations between the NAO index and the wind direction and intensity, specifically in winter, and between the AMO index and the wind direction.