Articles | Volume 17, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-653-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-653-2023
Research article
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09 Feb 2023
Research article |  | 09 Feb 2023

The benefits of homogenising snow depth series – Impacts on decadal trends and extremes for Switzerland

Moritz Buchmann, Gernot Resch, Michael Begert, Stefan Brönnimann, Barbara Chimani, Wolfgang Schöner, and Christoph Marty

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-715', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Sep 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Gernot Resch, 25 Oct 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-715', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Sep 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Gernot Resch, 09 Nov 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (10 Nov 2022) by Masashi Niwano
AR by Gernot Resch on behalf of the Authors (14 Dec 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (26 Dec 2022) by Masashi Niwano
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (09 Jan 2023)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (10 Jan 2023)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (17 Jan 2023) by Masashi Niwano
AR by Gernot Resch on behalf of the Authors (20 Jan 2023)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (27 Jan 2023) by Masashi Niwano
AR by Gernot Resch on behalf of the Authors (27 Jan 2023)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Our current knowledge of spatial and temporal snow depth trends is based almost exclusively on time series of non-homogenised observational data. However, like other long-term series from observations, they are susceptible to inhomogeneities that can affect the trends and even change the sign. To assess the relevance of homogenisation for daily snow depths, we investigated its impact on trends and changes in extreme values of snow indices between 1961 and 2021 in the Swiss observation network.