Effects of Suspended Sediment on Salinity Measurements

The Effect of Pseudofrazil Particle Entrainment on Salinity Measurements

“…Salinity changes in Sun et al. (2018) are very similar to those in Held et al. (2014) and cover a similar range in values.…”

“…They stated that their results were strongly affected by instrument uncertainty over that range of particle concentrations. Such positive values were not seen in either our data, or that of Le Menn and Pacaud (2017), Sun et al (2018) to the degree observed by Held et al (2014). We will thus focus our discussion on the data from Le Menn and Pacaud (2017).…”

“…Results corrected for incomplete mixing have slopes that are steeper than the results from Le Menn and Pacaud (2017); Sun et al. (2018) and shallower than the results from Held et al. (2014).…”

“…For the purposes of this comparison we will assume that relative changes between S 0 and S m are not influenced unduly by the choice of EOS-80 to TEOS-10 (which our own analysis suggests) and use the reported salinity differences in Sun et al (2018) as though they were given in TEOS-10. Salinity changes in Sun et al (2018) are very similar to those in Held et al (2014) and cover a similar range in values. Because of this and the limitations due to the unknown density and conversion from EOS-80 to TEOS-10, we will not discuss results from Sun et al (2018) separately apart from their conclusions as regards particle size.…”

“…Because of this and the limitations due to the unknown density and conversion from EOS‐80 to TEOS‐10, we will not discuss results from Sun et al. (2018) separately apart from their conclusions as regards particle size.…”