The biogeochemical structuring role of horizontal stirring: Lagrangian perspectives on iron delivery downstream of the Kerguelen Plateau

d'Ovidio, F.; Della Penna, A.; Trull, T. W.; Nencioli, F.; Pujol, M.-I.; Rio, M.-H.; Park, Y.-H.; Cotté, C.; Zhou, M.; Blain, S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5567-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5567-2015

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KEOPS2: Kerguelen Ocean and Plateau Study 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5567-2015

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Articles | Volume 12, issue 19

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01 Oct 2015

Research article |

| 01 Oct 2015

The biogeochemical structuring role of horizontal stirring: Lagrangian perspectives on iron delivery downstream of the Kerguelen Plateau

F. d'Ovidio, A. Della Penna, T. W. Trull, F. Nencioli, M.-I. Pujol, M.-H. Rio, Y.-H. Park, C. Cotté, M. Zhou, and S. Blain

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RC C284: 'Formal review', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Feb 2015
- AC C1196: 'Reply to reviewer 1', Francesco d'Ovidio, 14 Apr 2015
RC C625: 'Interactive comment on "The biogeochemical structuring role ..."', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Mar 2015
- AC C1199: 'Reply to Reviewer 2', Francesco d'Ovidio, 14 Apr 2015

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

AR by Francesco d'Ovidio on behalf of the Authors (12 Jun 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Jun 2015) by Ingrid Obernosterer

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (30 Jun 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 Jul 2015)

ED: Publish as is (18 Aug 2015) by Ingrid Obernosterer

AR by Francesco d'Ovidio on behalf of the Authors (28 Aug 2015) Manuscript

Short summary

Field campaigns are instrumental in providing ground truth for understanding and modeling global ocean biogeochemical budgets. A survey however can only inspect a fraction of the global oceans, typically a region hundreds of kilometers wide for a temporal window of the order of (at most) several weeks. In this spatiotemporal domain, mesoscale variability can mask climatological contrasts. Here we propose the use of multisatellite-based Lagrangian diagnostics to solve this issue.