Satellite microwave assessment of Northern Hemisphere lake ice phenology from 2002 to 2015

Du, Jinyang; Kimball, John S.; Duguay, Claude; Kim, Youngwook; Watts, Jennifer D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-47-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-47-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-47-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 1

Research article

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12 Jan 2017

Research article |

| 12 Jan 2017

Satellite microwave assessment of Northern Hemisphere lake ice phenology from 2002 to 2015

Jinyang Du, John S. Kimball, Claude Duguay, Youngwook Kim, and Jennifer D. Watts

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Final revised paper (published on 12 Jan 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 05 Sep 2016)

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Status: closed

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

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RC1: 'Anonymous Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Oct 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to RC1', Jinyang Du, 01 Dec 2016
RC2: 'Reviewer comment on tc-2016-199', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Oct 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to RC2', Jinyang Du, 01 Dec 2016

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

AR by Jinyang Du on behalf of the Authors (01 Dec 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (02 Dec 2016) by Ross Brown

ED: Publish as is (13 Dec 2016) by Ross Brown

Short summary

A new automated method for microwave satellite assessment of lake ice conditions at 5 km resolution was developed for lakes in the Northern Hemisphere. The resulting ice record shows strong agreement with ground observations and alternative ice records. Higher latitude lakes reveal more widespread and larger trends toward shorter ice cover duration than lower latitude lakes. The new approach allows for rapid monitoring of lake ice cover changes, with accuracy suitable for global change studies.