Observation-derived ice growth curves show patterns and trends in maximum ice thickness and safe travel duration of Alaskan lakes and rivers

Arp, Christopher D.; Cherry, Jessica E.; Brown, Dana R. N.; Bondurant, Allen C.; Endres, Karen L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3595-2020

Articles | Volume 14, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3595-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3595-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 11

Research article

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31 Oct 2020

Research article |

| 31 Oct 2020

Observation-derived ice growth curves show patterns and trends in maximum ice thickness and safe travel duration of Alaskan lakes and rivers

Christopher D. Arp, Jessica E. Cherry, Dana R. N. Brown, Allen C. Bondurant, and Karen L. Endres

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

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jun 2020
- AC1: 'Final Response to both RC1 and RC2 including revised document with track changes', Chris Arp, 26 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Reviewer #2', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Final Response to both RC1 and RC2 including revised document with track changes', Chris Arp, 26 Aug 2020

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (03 Sep 2020) by Christian Haas

AR by Chris Arp on behalf of the Authors (07 Sep 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Sep 2020) by Christian Haas

AR by Chris Arp on behalf of the Authors (24 Sep 2020)

Short summary

River and lake ice thickens at varying rates geographically and from year to year. We took a closer look at ice growth across a large geographic region experiencing rapid climate change, the State of Alaska, USA. Slower ice growth was most pronounced in northern Alaskan lakes over the last 60 years. Western and interior Alaska ice showed more variability in thickness and safe travel duration. This analysis provides a comprehensive evaluation of changing freshwater ice in Alaska.