Dear Dr Winter and co-authors,

Thank you for submitting your revised manuscript to TC and for attending to the concerns of both original reviewers. The revised manuscript has been thoroughly re-reviewed by one of the first reviewers, and his comments are associated with this message. He raises just a few points, so could I now please ask you to attend to these comments by returning a further revised manuscript together with a brief response document.

Many thanks and best wishes,

Rob

Dear Dr Winter and co-authors,

I am delighted to accept your manuscript for publication in TC. Many thanks for submitting this work to TCD and for engaging fully with both rounds of reviewers' comments.

Thank you for submitting to The Cryosphere.

Best wishes - Rob B