An estimate of ice wedge volume for a High Arctic polar desert environment, Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island

Bernard-Grand'Maison, Claire; Pollard, Wayne

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3589-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3589-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3589-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

Research article

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20 Nov 2018

Research article |

| 20 Nov 2018

An estimate of ice wedge volume for a High Arctic polar desert environment, Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island

Claire Bernard-Grand'Maison and Wayne Pollard

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RC1: 'Review of Bernhard-Graind’Maison & Pollard; An Estimate of Ice Wedge Volume for a High Arctic Polar Desert Environment, Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Mar 2018
- AC1: 'Replies to comments from Anonymous Referee #1', Claire Bernard-Grand'Maison, 29 Jun 2018
RC2: 'Review', Mikhail Kanevskiy, 20 Mar 2018
- AC2: 'Replies to comments from Referee #2: M. Kanevskiy', Claire Bernard-Grand'Maison, 29 Jun 2018

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

AR by Claire Bernard-Grand'Maison on behalf of the Authors (27 Jul 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (10 Aug 2018) by Peter Morse

AR by Claire Bernard-Grand'Maison on behalf of the Authors (22 Sep 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (25 Sep 2018) by Peter Morse

AR by Claire Bernard-Grand'Maison on behalf of the Authors (02 Oct 2018) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This study provides a first approximation of the volume of ice in ice wedges, a ground-ice feature in permafrost for a High Arctic polar desert region. We demonstrate that Geographical Information System analyses can be used on satellite images to estimate ice wedge volume. We estimate that 3.81 % of the top 5.9 m of permafrost could be ice-wedge ice on the Fosheim Peninsula. In response to climate change, melting ice wedges will result in widespread terrain disturbance in this region.