Arctic Ocean surface geostrophic circulation 2003&ndash;2014

Armitage, Thomas W. K.; Bacon, Sheldon; Ridout, Andy L.; Petty, Alek A.; Wolbach, Steven; Tsamados, Michel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1767-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1767-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1767-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

Research article

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26 Jul 2017

Research article |

| 26 Jul 2017

Arctic Ocean surface geostrophic circulation 2003–2014

Thomas W. K. Armitage, Sheldon Bacon, Andy L. Ridout, Alek A. Petty, Steven Wolbach, and Michel Tsamados

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SC1: 'EKE estimates and their connection to BG halocline theory', Georgy Manucharyan, 24 Mar 2017
- AC1: 'Response to G. Manucharyan', Thomas Armitage, 10 Jun 2017
RC1: 'Review of Arctic Ocean geostrophic circulation 2003-2014', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Apr 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Reviewer #1', Thomas Armitage, 10 Jun 2017
RC2: 'Arctic Ocean geostrophic circulation 2003-2014', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Apr 2017
- AC3: 'Response to Anonymous Reviewer #2', Thomas Armitage, 10 Jun 2017

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AR by Thomas Armitage on behalf of the Authors (10 Jun 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (23 Jun 2017) by Daniel Feltham

AR by Thomas Armitage on behalf of the Authors (24 Jun 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (26 Jun 2017) by Daniel Feltham

AR by Thomas Armitage on behalf of the Authors (28 Jun 2017)

Short summary

We present a new 12-year record of geostrophic currents at monthly resolution in the ice-covered and ice-free Arctic Ocean and characterise their seasonal to decadal variability. We also present seasonal climatologies of eddy kinetic energy, and examine the changing location of the Beaufort Gyre. Geostrophic current variability highlights the complex interplay between seasonally varying forcing and sea ice conditions, changing ice–ocean coupling and increasing ocean surface stress in the 2000s.