River-ice and water velocities using the  Planet optical cubesat constellation

Kääb, Andreas; Altena, Bas; Mascaro, Joseph

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4233-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4233-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4233-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 10

Research article

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22 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 22 Oct 2019

River-ice and water velocities using the Planet optical cubesat constellation

Andreas Kääb, Bas Altena, and Joseph Mascaro

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RC1: 'A.Kääb, B.Altena, and J.Mascaro, River ice and water velocities using the Planet optical cubesat constellation', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 May 2019
- AC1: 'Response to referees', Andreas Kääb, 07 Jun 2019
RC2: 'Referee comments regarding "River ice and water velocities using the Planet optical cubesat constellation"', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 May 2019
- AC1: 'Response to referees', Andreas Kääb, 07 Jun 2019
EC1: 'Editor comment', Bettina Schaefli, 18 Jun 2019

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

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (18 Jun 2019) by Bettina Schaefli

AR by Andreas Kääb on behalf of the Authors (10 Jul 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (15 Jul 2019) by Bettina Schaefli

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Aug 2019) by Bettina Schaefli

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (29 Aug 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (06 Sep 2019)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (13 Sep 2019) by Bettina Schaefli

AR by Andreas Kääb on behalf of the Authors (19 Sep 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

Knowledge of water surface velocities in rivers is useful for understanding a wide range of processes and systems, but is difficult to measure over large reaches. Here, we present a novel method to exploit near-simultaneous imagery produced by the Planet cubesat constellation to track river ice floes and estimate water surface velocities. We demonstrate the method for a 60 km long reach of the Amur River and a 200 km long reach of the Yukon River.