Articles | Volume 19, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-3493-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-3493-2025
Research article
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04 Sep 2025
Research article |  | 04 Sep 2025

Optimizing rock glacier activity classification in South Tyrol (northeastern Italy): integrating multisource data with statistical modelling

Chiara Crippa, Stefan Steger, Giovanni Cuozzo, Francesca Bearzot, Volkmar Mair, and Claudia Notarnicola

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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-2024-1511', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Nov 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Chiara Crippa, 02 Dec 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-1511', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Feb 2025

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (28 Mar 2025) by Tobias Bolch
AR by Chiara Crippa on behalf of the Authors (07 Apr 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (07 Apr 2025) by Tobias Bolch
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Apr 2025)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (26 May 2025) by Tobias Bolch
AR by Chiara Crippa on behalf of the Authors (29 May 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (11 Jun 2025) by Tobias Bolch
AR by Chiara Crippa on behalf of the Authors (11 Jun 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (13 Jun 2025) by Tobias Bolch
AR by Chiara Crippa on behalf of the Authors (16 Jun 2025)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Our study, focused on South Tyrol (NE Italy), develops an updated and comprehensive activity classification system for all rock glaciers in the current regional inventory. Using multisource products, we integrate climatic, morphological, and  differential interferometric synthetic aperture radar (DInSAR) data in replicable routines and multivariate statistical methods, producing a comprehensive classification based on the updated Rock Glacier Inventories and Kinematic (RGIK) 2023 guidelines. Results leave only 3.5 % of the features non-classified, as opposed to 13–18.5 % in previous studies.
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