Avalanches and micrometeorology driving mass and energy balance of the lowest perennial ice field of the Alps: a case study

Mott, Rebecca; Wolf, Andreas; Kehl, Maximilian; Kunstmann, Harald; Warscher, Michael; Grünewald, Thomas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1247-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1247-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1247-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

Research article

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15 Apr 2019

Research article |

| 15 Apr 2019

Avalanches and micrometeorology driving mass and energy balance of the lowest perennial ice field of the Alps: a case study

Rebecca Mott, Andreas Wolf, Maximilian Kehl, Harald Kunstmann, Michael Warscher, and Thomas Grünewald

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RC1: 'Comments on manuscript „Avalanches and micrometeorology driving mass and energy balance of the lowest perennial ice field of the Alps: a case study” by Rebecca Mott et al.', Michael Kuhn, 14 Dec 2018
RC2: 'Review of 'Avalanches and micrometeorology driving mass and energy balance of the lowest perennial ice field of the Alps: a case study'', Noel Fitzpatrick, 18 Jan 2019
AC1: 'Author comment', Rebecca Mott, 28 Feb 2019

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Short summary

The mass balance of very small glaciers is often governed by anomalous snow accumulation, winter precipitation being multiplied by snow redistribution processes, or by suppressed snow ablation driven by micrometeorological effects lowering net radiation and turbulent heat exchange. In this study we discuss the relative contribution of snow accumulation (avalanches) versus micrometeorology (katabatic flow) on the mass balance of the lowest perennial ice field of the Alps, the Ice Chapel.