The influence of snow on sea ice as assessed from simulations of CESM2

Holland, Marika M.; Clemens-Sewall, David; Landrum, Laura; Light, Bonnie; Perovich, Donald; Polashenski, Chris; Smith, Madison; Webster, Melinda

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4981-2021

Articles | Volume 15, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4981-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4981-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 10

Research article

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28 Oct 2021

Research article |

| 28 Oct 2021

The influence of snow on sea ice as assessed from simulations of CESM2

Marika M. Holland, David Clemens-Sewall, Laura Landrum, Bonnie Light, Donald Perovich, Chris Polashenski, Madison Smith, and Melinda Webster

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Preprint (discussion started on 08 Jun 2021)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

RC1:
'Comment on tc-2021-174', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Jul 2021

see my attached files for review

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-174-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Marika Holland, 01 Sep 2021
  
  Please find our response in the attached pdf file. The original review is shown in black and our reponses in blue text.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-174-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on tc-2021-174', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Jul 2021

Hi John

Please see from my review document that I recommend relatively major revisions (more than simply "minor revisions"), but not major enough to warrant a resubmission. As such, it would suffice to have you check over how the authors have addressed these, and to then make the decision on publication.

I hope these suggestions and comments help.

Take care and all the best, Rob

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-174-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Marika Holland, 01 Sep 2021
  
  Please find our response in the attached pdf file. The original review is shown in black and our reponses in blue text.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-174-AC2
RC3:
'Comment on tc-2021-174', Anonymous Referee #3, 15 Jul 2021

Hello,

Please see the attached document for my review. Overall, I recommend that this manuscript be accepted with minor revisions.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-174-RC3
- AC3: 'Reply on RC3', Marika Holland, 01 Sep 2021
  
  Please find our response in the attached pdf file. The original review is shown in black and our reponses in blue text.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-174-AC3

Peer review completion

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (14 Sep 2021) by John Yackel

AR by Marika Holland on behalf of the Authors (17 Sep 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 Sep 2021) by John Yackel

Post-review adjustments

AA: Author's adjustment | EA: Editor approval

AA by Marika Holland on behalf of the Authors (21 Oct 2021) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (24 Oct 2021) by John Yackel

Short summary

As the most reflective and most insulative natural material, snow has important climate effects. For snow on sea ice, its high reflectivity reduces ice melt. However, its high insulating capacity limits ice growth. These counteracting effects make its net influence on sea ice uncertain. We find that with increasing snow, sea ice in both hemispheres is thicker and more extensive. However, the drivers of this response are different in the two hemispheres due to different climate conditions.