Canadian snow and sea ice: historical trends and projections

Mudryk, Lawrence R.; Derksen, Chris; Howell, Stephen; Laliberté, Fred; Thackeray, Chad; Sospedra-Alfonso, Reinel; Vionnet, Vincent; Kushner, Paul J.; Brown, Ross

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1157-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1157-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1157-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

Research article

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04 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 04 Apr 2018

Canadian snow and sea ice: historical trends and projections

Lawrence R. Mudryk, Chris Derksen, Stephen Howell, Fred Laliberté, Chad Thackeray, Reinel Sospedra-Alfonso, Vincent Vionnet, Paul J. Kushner, and Ross Brown

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

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RC1: 'Review on "Canadian Snow and Sea Ice: Trends (1981-2015) and Projections (2020-2050)" by Mudryk et al.', Christoph Marty, 22 Oct 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Lawrence Mudryk, 15 Jan 2018
RC2: 'A useful, geographically focused assessment combining historical and projected trends', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Lawrence Mudryk, 15 Jan 2018

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

AR by Lawrence Mudryk on behalf of the Authors (09 Feb 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 Feb 2018) by Martin Schneebeli

Short summary

This paper presents changes in both snow and sea ice that have occurred over Canada during the recent past and shows climate model estimates for future changes expected to occur by the year 2050. The historical changes of snow and sea ice are generally coherent and consistent with the regional history of temperature and precipitation changes. It is expected that snow and sea ice will continue to decrease in the future, declining by an additional 15–30 % from present day values by the year 2050.