Leads and ridges in Arctic sea ice from RGPS data and a new tracking algorithm

Hutter, Nils; Zampieri, Lorenzo; Losch, Martin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-627-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-627-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-627-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

Research article

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20 Feb 2019

Research article |

| 20 Feb 2019

Leads and ridges in Arctic sea ice from RGPS data and a new tracking algorithm

Nils Hutter, Lorenzo Zampieri, and Martin Losch

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RC1: 'Review of "Leads and ridges..." by Hutter et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'Answers to Anonymous Referee #1', Nils Hutter, 30 Jan 2019
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “Leads and ridges in Arctic sea ice from RGPS data and a new tracking algorithm” by Nils Hutter et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Jan 2019
- AC2: 'Answers to Anonymous Referee #2', Nils Hutter, 30 Jan 2019

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AR by Nils Hutter on behalf of the Authors (30 Jan 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (05 Feb 2019) by Julienne Stroeve

AR by Nils Hutter on behalf of the Authors (08 Feb 2019)

Short summary

Arctic sea ice is an aggregate of ice floes with various sizes. The different sizes result from constant deformation of the ice pack. If a floe breaks, open ocean is exposed in a lead. Collision of floes forms pressure ridges. Here, we present algorithms that detect and track these deformation features in satellite observations and model output. The tracked features are used to provide a comprehensive description of localized deformation of sea ice and help to understand its material properties.