Stephen Belcher, Met Office, United Kingdom, Alan L Grant, University of Reading, Reading, RG6, United Kingdom, A. J. George Nurser, National Oceanography Center, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Natasha Sarah Lucas, Bangor University, School of Ocean Sciences, Menai Bridge, United Kingdom, Tom Philip Rippeth, Bangor University, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom, Brodie Pearson, Brown University, Geological Sciences, United States, Jeff Polton, National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Matthew D Palmer, UK National Oceanography Centr, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Gillian Mary Damerell, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, Karen J. Heywood, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4, United Kingdom, Christian E. Buckingham, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Département de Physique, Brest, France and Alberto Naveira Garabato, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom