A wind-driven nonseasonal barotropic fluctuation of the Canadian inland seas

Piecuch, C. G.; Ponte, R. M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-175-2015

Articles | Volume 11, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-175-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-175-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 1

Research article

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06 Feb 2015

Research article |

| 06 Feb 2015

A wind-driven nonseasonal barotropic fluctuation of the Canadian inland seas

C. G. Piecuch and R. M. Ponte

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C1031: 'Referee comment for os-2014-63', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Nov 2014
- AC C1138: 'Response to RC C1031', Christopher Piecuch, 10 Dec 2014
RC C1042: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Nov 2014
- AC C1144: 'Response to RC C1042', Christopher Piecuch, 10 Dec 2014

Short summary

A wind-driven, spatially coherent mode of nonseasonal depth-independent variability in the Canadian inland seas is identified based on observational measurements and a numerical model over 2003--2013. This dominant mode of nonseasonal variability is partly related to the North Atlantic Oscillation. The mode is associated with net flows into and out of the Canadian inland seas as well as internal mass redistribution within the Canadian inland seas.