Physical and biogeochemical spatial scales of variability in the  East Australian Current separation from shelf glider measurements

Schaeffer, Amandine; Roughan, Moninya; Jones, Emlyn M.; White, Dana

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1967-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1967-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1967-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

Research article

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31 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 31 Mar 2016

Physical and biogeochemical spatial scales of variability in the East Australian Current separation from shelf glider measurements

Amandine Schaeffer, Moninya Roughan, Emlyn M. Jones, and Dana White

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RC C8523: 'Reviews on “Physical and biogeochemical spatial scales of variability in the East Australian Current separation zone from shelf glider measurements”:', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Dec 2015
- AC C9862: 'Reply to reviewer #1', A. Schaeffer, 18 Feb 2016
RC C8878: 'Review of Schaeffer et al., Physical and biogeochemical scale of variability in the East Australian Current separation zone from shelf glider measurements', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Jan 2016
- AC C9863: 'Reply to reviewer #2', A. Schaeffer, 18 Feb 2016
SC C9271: 'Missing reference', Jan Kaiser, 19 Jan 2016
- AC C9864: 'Reply to reviewer #3', A. Schaeffer, 18 Feb 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (20 Feb 2016) by Tina Treude

AR by A. Schaeffer on behalf of the Authors (20 Feb 2016) Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (09 Mar 2016) by Tina Treude

AR by A. Schaeffer on behalf of the Authors (17 Mar 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

The water properties of the coastal ocean such as temperature, salt, oxygen, or chlorophyll content vary spatially, and estimates need to be made regarding the scales of variability. Here, we use statistical techniques to determine the spatial variability of ocean properties from high-resolution measurements by gliders. We show that biological activity is patchy compared to the distribution of physical characteristics, and that the size and shape of this is determined by coastal ocean processes.