Can we use sea surface temperature and productivity proxy records to reconstruct Ekman upwelling?

Cheung, Anson; Fox-Kemper, Baylor; Herbert, Timothy

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1985-2019

Articles | Volume 15, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1985-2019

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1985-2019

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

Articles | Volume 15, issue 6

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28 Nov 2019

Research article | Highlight paper |

| 28 Nov 2019

Can we use sea surface temperature and productivity proxy records to reconstruct Ekman upwelling?

Anson Cheung, Baylor Fox-Kemper, and Timothy Herbert

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RC1: 'Review of Cheung et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Aug 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to Reviewer 1', Anson Cheung, 18 Sep 2019
RC2: 'Review of “Can we use sea surface temperature and productivity proxy records to reconstruct Ekman Upwelling”', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Sep 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to Reviewer 2', Anson Cheung, 18 Sep 2019
RC3: 'Review by Yige Zhang', Yige Zhang, 03 Sep 2019
- AC3: 'Reply to Reviewer 3', Anson Cheung, 18 Sep 2019

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (23 Sep 2019) by Ran Feng

AR by Anson Cheung on behalf of the Authors (18 Oct 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (29 Oct 2019) by Ran Feng

AR by Anson Cheung on behalf of the Authors (30 Oct 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

We test two assumptions that are often made in paleoclimate studies by using observations and ask whether temperature and productivity proxy records in the Southern California Current can be used to reconstruct Ekman upwelling. By examining the covariation between alongshore wind stress, temperature, and productivity, we found that the dominant covarying pattern does not reflect Ekman upwelling. Other upwelling patterns found are timescale dependent. Multiple proxies can improve reconstruction.