Impact of dust deposition on the albedo of Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland

Wittmann, Monika; Groot Zwaaftink, Christine Dorothea; Steffensen Schmidt, Louise; Guðmundsson, Sverrir; Pálsson, Finnur; Arnalds, Olafur; Björnsson, Helgi; Thorsteinsson, Throstur; Stohl, Andreas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-741-2017

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23 Mar 2017

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| 23 Mar 2017

Impact of dust deposition on the albedo of Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland

Monika Wittmann, Christine Dorothea Groot Zwaaftink, Louise Steffensen Schmidt, Sverrir Guðmundsson, Finnur Pálsson, Olafur Arnalds, Helgi Björnsson, Throstur Thorsteinsson, and Andreas Stohl

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RC1: 'Review of Dragosics et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Oct 2016
- AC2: 'Answer to Referee #1', Monika Wittmann, 02 Mar 2017
  - AC3: 'manuscript with track changes', Monika Wittmann, 02 Mar 2017
    - AC5: 'supplement', Monika Wittmann, 02 Mar 2017
SC1: 'Short comment on Dragosics et al.', Cenlin He, 31 Oct 2016
- SC2: 'will be included', Monika Dragosics, 04 Nov 2016
RC2: 'Impact of dust deposition on the albedo of Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Feb 2017
- AC1: 'Answer to Referee #2', Monika Wittmann, 28 Feb 2017
  - AC4: 'manuscript with track changes', Monika Wittmann, 02 Mar 2017
    - AC6: 'supplement', Monika Wittmann, 02 Mar 2017

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

AR by Monika Wittmann on behalf of the Authors (02 Mar 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (11 Mar 2017) by Steffen M. Noe

AR by Monika Wittmann on behalf of the Authors (13 Mar 2017)

Short summary

This work includes a study on the effects of dust deposition on the mass balance of Brúarjökull, an outlet glacier of Vatnajökull, Iceland's largest ice cap. A model was used to simulate dust deposition on the glacier, and these periods of dust were compared to albedo measurements at two weather stations on Brúarjökull to evaluate the dust impact. We determine the influence of dust events on the snow albedo and the surface energy balance.