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

General Comments: The subject addressed is I think of great interest both within the regional oceanographic community and given the significant contribution of the LC to Gulf Stream transport of warm water to higher latitudes of general interest to the climate community. It could I think be improved (and refined) in some regards and some ill-supported or weakly supported speculations need to be more fully developed or eliminated. That said, the major conclusion (admittedly not a purely original one) that there is a predictable seasonality (and pattern) with respect to Caribbean water intrusion into the Gulf seems well grounded and it does appear that may have increased to