Moisture origin, transport pathways, and driving processes of intense wintertime moisture transport into the Arctic

Papritz, Lukas; Hauswirth, David; Hartmuth, Katharina

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-1-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-1-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-1-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 3, issue 1

Research article

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06 Jan 2022

Research article |

| 06 Jan 2022

Moisture origin, transport pathways, and driving processes of intense wintertime moisture transport into the Arctic

Lukas Papritz, David Hauswirth, and Katharina Hartmuth

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Status: closed

RC1: 'Comment on wcd-2021-57', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Sep 2021

Overall recommendation: Major revision

This study is an interesting topic. This manuscript examines the moisture sources of Arctic warming in different regions, whose findings help us improve an understanding of the occurrence of Arctic warming. However, there are some clarity and confusing issues in this manuscript so that I recommend a major revision. Especially, some results of this manuscript have been reported in other previous studies. However, the authors didn't make any comparison.

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Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2021-57-RC1
RC2: 'Comment on wcd-2021-57', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Sep 2021

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://wcd.copernicus.org/preprints/wcd-2021-57/wcd-2021-57-RC2-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2021-57-RC2
AC1: 'Final author comments on wcd-2021-57', Lukas Papritz, 19 Oct 2021

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://wcd.copernicus.org/preprints/wcd-2021-57/wcd-2021-57-AC1-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2021-57-AC1

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

AR by Lukas Papritz on behalf of the Authors (27 Oct 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 Oct 2021) by Gwendal Rivière

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (03 Nov 2021)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (12 Nov 2021)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (16 Nov 2021) by Gwendal Rivière

AR by Lukas Papritz on behalf of the Authors (19 Nov 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (22 Nov 2021) by Gwendal Rivière

AR by Lukas Papritz on behalf of the Authors (23 Nov 2021) Manuscript

Short summary

Water vapor profoundly impacts the Arctic, for example by contributing to sea ice melt. A substantial portion of water vapor in the Arctic originates at mid-latitudes and is transported poleward in a few episodic and intense events. This transport is accomplished by low- and high-pressure systems occurring in specific regions or following particular tracks. Here, we explore how the type of weather system impacts where the water vapor is coming from and how it is transported poleward.