Dear Pleun and Co-authors,

thank you very much for the detailed response. Since the reviewers suggested minor to major revisions, I will most likely resend the revised version to reviewers. I invite you to submit the revised version to the submission system.

Best regards,
Tobias

Dear Pleun and co-authors,

we have now received the review of the revised manuscript. The reviewer as well as I see that many of the comments have been incorporated into the new version. However, according to the new expert opinion, some points have so far been insufficiently or not at all taken into account. A criticism that I share with the reviewer. I would ask you to respond to these points. In the manuscript there are also some careless errors, e.g. 660500m or that the roughness is called a thermal property. Please also check the guidelines for formatting, e.g. add blanks between numbers and units (see https://www.the-cryosphere.net/for_authors/manuscript_preparation.html). Please also have the manuscript revised by a native speaker. The reviewer, who is a native speaker himself, mentioned that it is very difficult to follow some paragraphs and sometimes needs further discussion (see attached comments).

I think these points can be easily implemented and help to further improve the manuscript.

With kind regards
Tobias

Dear Pleun and Co-authors,

thank you for carefully responding to the reviewers comments and providing a revised manuscript. I think the contribution of the reviewers has considerably improved the quality of the submitted manuscript, both in terms of science and presentation. Therefore, I am happy to recommend the current version of your manuscript for publication in The Cryosphere. Congratulations on this great article!

Best regards,
Tobias