Landfast ice thickness in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from
observations and models

Howell, Stephen E. L.; Laliberté, Frédéric; Kwok, Ron; Derksen, Chris; King, Joshua

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1463-2016

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1463-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1463-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

Research article

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12 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 12 Jul 2016

Landfast ice thickness in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from observations and models

Stephen E. L. Howell, Frédéric Laliberté, Ron Kwok, Chris Derksen, and Joshua King

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RC1: 'Review', David Bailey, 29 Apr 2016
- AC2: 'Reponse to Reviewer 1', Stephen Howell, 02 Jun 2016
RC2: 'Referee review', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 May 2016
- RC3: 'Additional comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 May 2016
  - AC1: 'Reponse to Reviewer 2', Stephen Howell, 02 Jun 2016
AC3: 'Manuscript with changes makred in red', Stephen Howell, 03 Jun 2016

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AR by Stephen Howell on behalf of the Authors (02 Jun 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (12 Jun 2016) by Lars Kaleschke

AR by Stephen Howell on behalf of the Authors (15 Jun 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (21 Jun 2016) by Lars Kaleschke

AR by Stephen Howell on behalf of the Authors (23 Jun 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

The Canadian Ice Service record of observed landfast ice and snow thickness represents one of the longest in the Arctic that spans over 5 decades. We analyze this record to report on long-term trends and variability of ice and snow thickness within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA). Results indicate a thinning of ice at several sites in the CAA. State-of-the-art climate models still have difficultly capturing observed ice thickness values in the CAA and should be used with caution.