The seasonal evolution of albedo across glaciers and the surrounding landscape of Taylor Valley, Antarctica

Bergstrom, Anna; Gooseff, Michael N.; Myers, Madeline; Doran, Peter T.; Cross, Julian M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-769-2020

Articles | Volume 14, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-769-2020

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-769-2020

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

Articles | Volume 14, issue 3

Research article

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04 Mar 2020

Research article |

| 04 Mar 2020

The seasonal evolution of albedo across glaciers and the surrounding landscape of Taylor Valley, Antarctica

Anna Bergstrom, Michael N. Gooseff, Madeline Myers, Peter T. Doran, and Julian M. Cross

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RC1: 'Review to Bergstrom et al. (2019): "The seasonal evolution of albedo across glaciers and the surrounding landscape of the Taylor Valley, Antarctica" submitted to The Cryosphere.', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Oct 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1 comments', Anna Bergstrom, 04 Dec 2019
RC2: 'Referee's report', Stephen Warren, 06 Nov 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2 comments', Anna Bergstrom, 04 Dec 2019

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

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (13 Jan 2020) by Tobias Sauter

AR by Anna Bergstrom on behalf of the Authors (14 Jan 2020) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Jan 2020) by Tobias Sauter

RR by Rainer Prinz (03 Feb 2020)

ED: Publish as is (03 Feb 2020) by Tobias Sauter

AR by Anna Bergstrom on behalf of the Authors (05 Feb 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

This study sought to understand patterns of reflectance of visible light across the landscape of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. We used a helicopter-based platform to measure reflectance along an entire valley with a particular focus on the glaciers, as reflectance strongly controls glacier melt and available water to the downstream ecosystem. We found that patterns are controlled by gradients in snowfall, wind redistribution, and landscape structure, which can trap snow and sediment.