Spatiotemporal variability of Canadian High Arctic glacier surface albedo from MODIS data, 2001–2016

Mortimer, Colleen A.; Sharp, Martin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-701-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-701-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-701-2018

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

Research article

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28 Feb 2018

Research article |

| 28 Feb 2018

Spatiotemporal variability of Canadian High Arctic glacier surface albedo from MODIS data, 2001–2016

Colleen A. Mortimer and Martin Sharp

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RC1: 'Characterization of Canadian High Arctic glacier surface albedo from MODIS C6 data, 2001-2016', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Sep 2017
- AC2: 'AC1: response to RC1', Colleen Mortimer, 14 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “Characterization of Canadian High Arctic glacier surface albedo from MODIS C6 data, 2001–2016” by Colleen A. Mortimer and Martin Sharp', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Sep 2017
- AC1: 'AC2: response to RC2', Colleen Mortimer, 14 Nov 2017
AC3: 'Compiled response to reviewers', Colleen Mortimer, 14 Nov 2017
AC4: 'Revised_manuscript_markup_tc_2017_2016', Colleen Mortimer, 14 Nov 2017

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

AR by Colleen Mortimer on behalf of the Authors (14 Nov 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (19 Jan 2018) by Marco Tedesco

AR by Colleen Mortimer on behalf of the Authors (25 Jan 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

MODIS C6 data are used to present the first complete picture of summer surface albedo variations for all glaciated surfaces of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada (2001–2016). The 16-year history of mean summer albedo change is strongly tied to variations in the summer NAO index, except in 2006, 2010, and 2016, when changes in the mean summer BSA appear to be dominated by effects of the mean August albedo. Observed mean summer and July albedo declines may accelerate rates of QEI mass loss.