Dear authors -

Thanks for your thorough response to the reviewers. Although the reviewers raised some substantial concerns, I feel that you have adequately addressed these and am recommending only minor revisions at this point. In particular, it is important that in your revised manuscript you carefully explain the distinction between apparent albedo and intrinsic albedo, and how this can lead to reported albedos greater than 1.0 (an issue raised by both reviewers). I look forward to seeing your revised manuscript.

Best -
Mark

Dear authors -

I believe you have adequately addressed the reviewer concerns and your paper is now ready for publication. In preparing your final draft for publication, please carefully review your manuscript so it is in polished form. For example, a few minor grammatical issues I noticed are:

line 12: "whilst the other sides has" -> "whilst the other sides have"
line 27: "facing away the sun" -> "facing away from the sun"
line 661: "Vertical black lines indicates" -> "Vertical black lines indicate"
line 752: "significantly decrease snow albedo" -> "significantly decreases snow albedo"

Congratulations on completing this study, which nicely highlights the importance of surface roughness for energy balance estimates.

Sincerely -
Mark Flanner