A high-resolution biogeochemical model (ROMS 3.4&thinsp;+&thinsp;bio_Fennel) of the East Australian Current system

Rocha, Carlos; Edwards, Christopher A.; Roughan, Moninya; Cetina-Heredia, Paulina; Kerry, Colette

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-441-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-441-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-441-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

Model evaluation paper

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25 Jan 2019

Model evaluation paper |

| 25 Jan 2019

A high-resolution biogeochemical model (ROMS 3.4 + bio_Fennel) of the East Australian Current system

Carlos Rocha, Christopher A. Edwards, Moninya Roughan, Paulina Cetina-Heredia, and Colette Kerry

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

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SC1: 'Code and Data availability', Lutz Gross, 27 Aug 2018
RC1: 'Comments to the manuscript titled "A High-resolution Biogeochemical Model (ROMS 3.4 + bio_Fennel) of the East Australian Current System"', Leonardo Laiolo, 10 Sep 2018
RC2: 'Review of Rocha et al.', E. Jones, 15 Sep 2018
AC1: 'Authors Final Response', Carlos Rocha, 15 Nov 2018

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

AR by Carlos Rocha on behalf of the Authors (15 Nov 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Nov 2018) by Sandra Arndt

RR by Leonardo Laiolo (29 Nov 2018)

RR by E. Jones (11 Dec 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (18 Dec 2018) by Sandra Arndt

AR by Carlos Rocha on behalf of the Authors (29 Dec 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (02 Jan 2019) by Sandra Arndt

AR by Carlos Rocha on behalf of the Authors (10 Jan 2019)

Short summary

Off southeast Australia, the East Australian Current (EAC) moves warm nutrient-poor waters towards the pole. In this region, the EAC and a large number of vortices pinching off it strongly affect phytoplankton’s access to nutrients and light. To study these dynamics, we created a numerical model that is able to solve the ocean conditions and how they modulate the foundation of the region’s ecosystem. We validated model results against available data and this showed that the model performs well.