Wave climate in the Arctic 1992&ndash;2014: seasonality and trends

Stopa, Justin E.; Ardhuin, Fabrice; Girard-Ardhuin, Fanny

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1605-2016

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1605-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1605-2016

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

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

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26 Jul 2016

Research article | Highlight paper |

| 26 Jul 2016

Wave climate in the Arctic 1992–2014: seasonality and trends

Justin E. Stopa, Fabrice Ardhuin, and Fanny Girard-Ardhuin

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Wave climate in the Arctic 1992-2014: seasonality and trends', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Mar 2016
- AC4: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Justin Stopa, 24 May 2016
RC2: 'Review of Manuscript tc-2016-37: “Wave climate in the Arctic 1992-2014: seasonality and trends”, submited by Stopa et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Apr 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Justin Stopa, 21 May 2016
AC2: 'Revised manuscript', Justin Stopa, 21 May 2016
AC3: 'Track Changes Manuscript', Justin Stopa, 21 May 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Justin Stopa on behalf of the Authors (24 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (25 May 2016) by Ross Brown

ED: Publish as is (17 Jun 2016) by Ross Brown

AR by Justin Stopa on behalf of the Authors (28 Jun 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

Satellite observations show the Arctic sea ice has decreased the last 30 years. From our wave model hindcast and satellite altimeter datasets we observe profound increasing wave heights, which are caused by the loss of sea ice and not the driving winds. If ice-free conditions persist later into fall, then regions like the Beaufort–Chukchi Sea will be prone to developing larger waves since the driving winds are strong this time of year.