Brief communication: Conventional assumptions involving the speed of radar waves in snow introduce systematic underestimates to sea ice thickness and seasonal growth rate estimates

Mallett, Robbie D. C.; Lawrence, Isobel R.; Stroeve, Julienne C.; Landy, Jack C.; Tsamados, Michel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-251-2020

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-251-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-251-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

Brief communication

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27 Jan 2020

Brief communication |

| 27 Jan 2020

Brief communication: Conventional assumptions involving the speed of radar waves in snow introduce systematic underestimates to sea ice thickness and seasonal growth rate estimates

Robbie D. C. Mallett, Isobel R. Lawrence, Julienne C. Stroeve, Jack C. Landy, and Michel Tsamados

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RC1: 'Review of article by Mallet et al.', Ronald Kwok, 04 Oct 2019
- AC1: 'Response to all reviewers', Robbie Mallett, 20 Nov 2019
RC2: 'Review of Brief Communication by Mallett et al.', Rasmus Tonboe, 04 Oct 2019
- AC2: 'Response to all reviewers', Robbie Mallett, 20 Nov 2019
RC3: 'Review of Mallett et al', Rachel Tilling, 29 Oct 2019
- AC3: 'Response to all reviewers', Robbie Mallett, 20 Nov 2019

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (27 Nov 2019) by John Yackel

AR by Robbie Mallett on behalf of the Authors (02 Dec 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (12 Dec 2019) by John Yackel

Short summary

Soils store large carbon and are important for global warming. We do not know what factors are important for soil carbon storage in the alpine Andes and how they work. We studied how rainfall affects soil carbon storage related to soil structure. We found soil structure is not important, but soil carbon storage and stability controlled by rainfall are dependent on rocks under the soils. The results indicate that we should pay attention to the rocks when studying soil carbon storage in the Andes.