New profiling and mooring records help to assess variability of Lake Issyk-Kul and reveal unknown features of its thermohaline structure

Zavialov, Peter O.; Izhitskiy, Alexander S.; Kirillin, Georgiy B.; Khan, Valentina M.; Konovalov, Boris V.; Makkaveev, Peter N.; Pelevin, Vadim V.; Rimskiy-Korsakov, Nikolay A.; Alymkulov, Salmor A.; Zhumaliev, Kubanychbek M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6279-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6279-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6279-2018

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06 Dec 2018

Research article |

| 06 Dec 2018

New profiling and mooring records help to assess variability of Lake Issyk-Kul and reveal unknown features of its thermohaline structure

Peter O. Zavialov, Alexander S. Izhitskiy, Georgiy B. Kirillin, Valentina M. Khan, Boris V. Konovalov, Peter N. Makkaveev, Vadim V. Pelevin, Nikolay A. Rimskiy-Korsakov, Salmor A. Alymkulov, and Kubanychbek M. Zhumaliev

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RC1: 'Review of Lake Issyk-Kul manuscript by Zavialov et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Peter Zavialov, 30 Oct 2018
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Oct 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #2', Peter Zavialov, 08 Nov 2018

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ED: Publish as is (15 Nov 2018) by Miguel Potes

AR by Peter Zavialov on behalf of the Authors (21 Nov 2018)

Short summary

This paper reports the results of field surveys conducted in Lake Issyk-Kul in 2015–2017 and compares the present-day data with the available historical records. Our data do not confirm the reports of progressive warming of the deep Issyk-Kul waters as suggested in some previous publications. However, they do indicate a positive trend of salinity in the lake’s interior over the last 3 decades. An important newly found feature is a persistent salinity maximum at depths of 70–120 m.