Articles | Volume 21, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-2197-2025
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Influence of wind stress and the Isonzo/Soča River outflow on surface currents in the Gulf of Trieste
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RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-1176 “Influence of wind stress and the Isonzo/Soča River outflow on surface currents in the Gulf of Trieste”', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Apr 2025
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Davide Lombardo, 24 Jul 2025
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RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-1176', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Jun 2025
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AR by Davide Lombardo on behalf of the Authors (25 Jul 2025)
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (04 Aug 2025) by Denise Fernandez

AR by Davide Lombardo on behalf of the Authors (08 Aug 2025)
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ED: Publish as is (15 Aug 2025) by Denise Fernandez

AR by Davide Lombardo on behalf of the Authors (19 Aug 2025)
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The manuscript investigates the Gulf of Trieste circulation dynamics (North Adriatic Sea) under the influence of an extreme wind and precipitation event. The analysis is mainly based on the sea surface currents as measured by a HF radar network combined with time series of wind and river forcing in the area. The authors further support the interpretation of their results by including the comparison of the HF radar sea surface currents with a regional model output subject to the same forcings. As a whole, the manuscript reads very well, but I would further clarify some methodological and discussion aspects. Therefore, I would suggest major revision.
These general aspects would need to be further clarified:
Given the richness of information resolved across the extended coverage of a HF radar network, considering the variability of HF radar surface currents shown in figure 7 and the variety of current patterns evident within each single map, what is the representativeness of the four isolated points that the authors picked for the comparison of wind vs current time series in figure 5? Would the angle and magnitude comparison look the same if the authors had picked a neighboring point? And within what radius? Please comment or complement with other metrics, eventually identifying “areas” with corresponding spatial averages, instead of referring to single points, in order to make fullest use of the sea currents variability resolved by HF radar maps.
In the sections devoted to sea surface currents and wind it would be interesting to read the authors’ conclusions on Ekman dynamics evidences with respect to the state of the art.
Minor comments:
Line 70: the second “Cosoli et al. 2013” citation should go without parentheses
Line 161: please specify what Sentinel product was used. Images in the visible range? True color or other spectral ranges?
Line 177: “Another image is from 4th November”, please rephrase
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