Interactive comment on “Effect of Caribbean Water Incursion into the Gulf of Mexico derived from Absolute Dynamic Topography, Satellite Data, and Remotely – sensed Chlorophyll-a” by J. A. Delgado et al

ANSWER: About the lack of discussion regarding previous studies which referer to the seasonal cycle we add in L98-105: “Loop current extension and anticyclonic eddy separation are the result of the momentum imbalance (Pichevin & Nof, 1997) and form the shape of future LCEs. Chang and Oey (2010) using a numerical model, proposed that the wind stress could be the primary forcing that releases LCE’s. In a second paper, supported by satellite observations, they proposed that the LC intrusion and the shedding of the LCE’s followed a biannual cycle (Chang and Oey, 2013). Recently, Candela et al (2019) analyzed four years of water current data and reported a seasonal cycle in the transport through the Yucatan channel with the annual cycle as the main harmonic peak in July and the semiannual peaks January and July”.