Observations of positive sea surface temperature trends  in the steadily shrinking Dead Sea

Kishcha, Pavel; Pinker, Rachel T.; Gertman, Isaac; Starobinets, Boris; Alpert, Pinhas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-3007-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-3007-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-3007-2018

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Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

Research article

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13 Nov 2018

Research article |

| 13 Nov 2018

Observations of positive sea surface temperature trends in the steadily shrinking Dead Sea

Pavel Kishcha, Rachel T. Pinker, Isaac Gertman, Boris Starobinets, and Pinhas Alpert

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RC1: 'reviewer comments', Dimitris Kaskaoutis, 17 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to Dr. Kaskaoutis, Reviewer #1', Pavel Kishcha, 12 Jun 2018
SC1: 'Quality of manuscript', Michael Kaplan, 19 Apr 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to Dr. Kaplan', Pavel Kishcha, 12 Jun 2018
RC2: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 May 2018
- AC3: 'Reply to Reviewer #2', Pavel Kishcha, 12 Jun 2018

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (06 Aug 2018) by Oded Katz

AR by Pavel Kishcha on behalf of the Authors (11 Aug 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Aug 2018) by Oded Katz

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (28 Aug 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (21 Oct 2018) by Oded Katz

AR by Pavel Kishcha on behalf of the Authors (23 Oct 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (28 Oct 2018) by Oded Katz

AR by Pavel Kishcha on behalf of the Authors (31 Oct 2018) Author's response Manuscript

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Increasing warming of steadily shrinking Dead Sea surface water was observed during the period of 2000–2016. We found that a positive feedback loop between the steady shrinking of the Dead Sea and positive sea surface temperature (SST) trends causes the acceleration of Dead Sea shrinking. Our findings imply the following essential point: any meteorological, hydrological or geophysical process causing steady shrinking of the Dead Sea will contribute to positive trends in SST.