Seasonal hydrography and surface outflow in a fjord with a deep sill: the  Reloncaví fjord, Chile

Castillo, Manuel I.; Cifuentes, Ursula; Pizarro, Oscar; Djurfeldt, Leif; Caceres, Mario

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-533-2016

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-533-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-533-2016

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

Research article

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12 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 12 Apr 2016

Seasonal hydrography and surface outflow in a fjord with a deep sill: the Reloncaví fjord, Chile

Manuel I. Castillo, Ursula Cifuentes, Oscar Pizarro, Leif Djurfeldt, and Mario Caceres

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Final revised paper (published on 12 Apr 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 29 Oct 2015)

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RC C1304: 'Review of “ Seasonal hydrography and surface outflow in a fjord with a deep sill: the Reloncavi fjord, Chile” by Castillo et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Dec 2015
- AC C1625: 'answers to Referee #1', Manuel Castillo, 13 Feb 2016
RC C1337: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Dec 2015
- AC C1630: 'answers to Referee #2', Manuel Castillo, 13 Feb 2016

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AR by Manuel Castillo on behalf of the Authors (09 Mar 2016) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (29 Mar 2016) by Oliver Zielinski

AR by Manuel Castillo on behalf of the Authors (31 Mar 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

The upper layer of the Reloncaví fjord, Chile, shows a continuous stratification year-round. Nevertheless, the vertical salt flux seems to be balanced by the horizontal salt flux, which maintains the amount of salt into the fjord nearly as a steady state. The upper layer shows a flushing time of about 3 days.