Reconstructing the mass balance of Brewster Glacier, New Zealand, using
MODIS-derived glacier-wide albedo

Sirguey, Pascal; Still, Holly; Cullen, Nicolas J.; Dumont, Marie; Arnaud, Yves; Conway, Jonathan P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2465-2016

Articles | Volume 10, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2465-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2465-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 5

Research article

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24 Oct 2016

Research article |

| 24 Oct 2016

Reconstructing the mass balance of Brewster Glacier, New Zealand, using MODIS-derived glacier-wide albedo

Pascal Sirguey, Holly Still, Nicolas J. Cullen, Marie Dumont, Yves Arnaud, and Jonathan P. Conway

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'full manuscript review', Jason Box, 12 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Jason Box', P. Sirguey, 14 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Review of "Reconstructing the mass balance of Brewster Glacier, New Zealand, using MODIS-derived glacier-wide albedo"', Edward Bair, 02 Aug 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Edward Bair', P. Sirguey, 14 Sep 2016
EC1: 'Editor Comment', Chris R. Stokes, 10 Aug 2016
- AC3: 'Response to Chris R. Stokes', P. Sirguey, 14 Sep 2016
AC4: 'Response to referees', P. Sirguey, 14 Sep 2016

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

AR by P. Sirguey on behalf of the Authors (14 Sep 2016)

ED: Publish as is (16 Sep 2016) by Chris R. Stokes

AR by P. Sirguey on behalf of the Authors (23 Sep 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

Fourteen years of satellite observations are used to monitor the albedo of Brewster Glacier, New Zealand and estimate annual and seasonal balances. This confirms the governing role of the summer balance in the annual balance and allows the reconstruction of the annual balance to 1977 using a photographic record of the snowline. The longest mass balance record for a New Zealand glacier shows negative balances after 2008, yielding a loss of 35 % of the gain accumulated over the previous 30 years.