Long-term coastal-polynya dynamics in the southern Weddell Sea from MODIS thermal-infrared imagery

Paul, S.; Willmes, S.; Heinemann, G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2027-2015

Articles | Volume 9, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2027-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2027-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 6

Research article

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09 Nov 2015

Research article |

| 09 Nov 2015

Long-term coastal-polynya dynamics in the southern Weddell Sea from MODIS thermal-infrared imagery

S. Paul, S. Willmes, and G. Heinemann

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RC C1449: 'Review of tc-2015-103 (Paul et al).', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Aug 2015
- AC C1791: 'Review of tc-2015-103 (Paul et al).', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Aug 2015', Stephan Paul, 06 Oct 2015
RC C1457: 'Review of TCD-9-3959-2015', Stefan Kern, 23 Aug 2015
- AC C1792: ''Review of TCD-9-3959-2015', Stefan Kern, 23 Aug 2015', Stephan Paul, 06 Oct 2015

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AR by Stephan Paul on behalf of the Authors (06 Oct 2015) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (29 Oct 2015) by Daniel Feltham

AR by Stephan Paul on behalf of the Authors (30 Oct 2015)

Short summary

We established a 13-year-long MODIS-derived thin-ice thickness data set from which we derived information about polynya dynamics in the southern Weddell Sea. In contrast to other studies, we do not focus on a single region but instead discuss polynya dynamics for the complete coastal area. The higher spatial resolution of MODIS compared to passive-microwave sensors enables us to resolve even very narrow coastal polynyas that would remain otherwise undetected.