Eddy characteristics in the eastern South Pacific
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Interactive comment on “Biogeochemical characteristics of a long-lived anticyclonic eddy in the eastern South Pacific Ocean” by M. Cornejo et al
First, the premise that eddies constitute hotspots of denitrification is still not robustly confirmed in this work, although the evidence presented supports the idea. This is because the conclusion is based largely on one observation in a single vertical profile and some comparisons between an observation made in austral fall 2011 and measurements retrieved from observations in June 2010 (nearl...
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