Seasonal and interannual variability of melt-season albedo at Haig Glacier, Canadian Rocky Mountains

Marshall, Shawn J.; Miller, Kristina

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3249-2020

Articles | Volume 14, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3249-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3249-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 10

Research article

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02 Oct 2020

Research article |

| 02 Oct 2020

Seasonal and interannual variability of melt-season albedo at Haig Glacier, Canadian Rocky Mountains

Shawn J. Marshall and Kristina Miller

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Final revised paper (published on 02 Oct 2020)
Preprint (discussion started on 17 Apr 2020)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Comments on the ACPD paper “Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Melt-Season Albedo at Haig Glacier, Canadian Rocky Mountains” by Shawn J. Marshall and Kristina Miller', Jing Ming, 07 May 2020
- AC1: 'Response to R1', Shawn Marshall, 01 Jul 2020
- AC2: 'Response to R1', Shawn Marshall, 01 Jul 2020
- AC3: 'Response to R2', Shawn Marshall, 01 Jul 2020
RC2: 'Review of Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Melt-Season Albedo at Haig Glacier, Canadian Rocky Mountains', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Jun 2020
- AC3: 'Response to R2', Shawn Marshall, 01 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Response to R1', Shawn Marshall, 01 Jul 2020
AC4: 'Dataset availability', Shawn Marshall, 28 Jul 2020

Peer-review completion

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (19 Jul 2020) by Valentina Radic

AR by Shawn Marshall on behalf of the Authors (19 Jul 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (04 Aug 2020) by Valentina Radic

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (05 Aug 2020)

ED: Publish as is (13 Aug 2020) by Valentina Radic

Short summary

Surface-albedo measurements from 2002 to 2017 from Haig Glacier in the Canadian Rockies provide no evidence of long-term trends (i.e., the glacier does not appear to be darkening), but there are large variations in albedo over the melt season and from year to year. The glacier ice is exceptionally dark in association with forest fire fallout but is effectively cleansed by meltwater or rainfall. Summer snowfall plays an important role in refreshing the glacier surface and reducing summer melt.