Articles | Volume 12, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3439-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3439-2018
Research article
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01 Nov 2018
Research article |  | 01 Nov 2018

Ice cliff contribution to the tongue-wide ablation of Changri Nup Glacier, Nepal, central Himalaya

Fanny Brun, Patrick Wagnon, Etienne Berthier, Joseph M. Shea, Walter W. Immerzeel, Philip D. A. Kraaijenbrink, Christian Vincent, Camille Reverchon, Dibas Shrestha, and Yves Arnaud

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AR by Fanny Brun on behalf of the Authors (04 Jul 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Jul 2018) by Francesca Pellicciotti
RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (19 Jul 2018)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 Jul 2018)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (03 Sep 2018) by Francesca Pellicciotti
AR by Fanny Brun on behalf of the Authors (06 Sep 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (30 Sep 2018) by Francesca Pellicciotti
AR by Fanny Brun on behalf of the Authors (12 Oct 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
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Short summary
On debris-covered glaciers, steep ice cliffs experience dramatically enhanced melt compared with the surrounding debris-covered ice. Using field measurements, UAV data and submetre satellite imagery, we estimate the cliff contribution to 2 years of ablation on a debris-covered tongue in Nepal, carefully taking into account ice dynamics. While they occupy only 7 to 8 % of the tongue surface, ice cliffs contributed to 23 to 24 % of the total tongue ablation.