Surface temperatures and their influence on the permafrost thermal regime in high-Arctic rock walls on Svalbard

Schmidt, Juditha Undine; Etzelmüller, Bernd; Schuler, Thomas Vikhamar; Magnin, Florence; Boike, Julia; Langer, Moritz; Westermann, Sebastian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2491-2021

Articles | Volume 15, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2491-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2491-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 5

Research article

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01 Jun 2021

Research article |

| 01 Jun 2021

Surface temperatures and their influence on the permafrost thermal regime in high-Arctic rock walls on Svalbard

Juditha Undine Schmidt, Bernd Etzelmüller, Thomas Vikhamar Schuler, Florence Magnin, Julia Boike, Moritz Langer, and Sebastian Westermann

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RC1: 'Comments to the paper: Surface temperatures and their influence on the permafrost thermal regime in high Arctic rock walls on Svalbard', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Jan 2021
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Juditha Schmidt, 03 Mar 2021
RC2: 'Surface temperatures and their influence on the permafrost thermal regime in high Arctic rock walls on Svalbard” by Juditha Undine Schmidt et al.', Alessandro Cicoira, 15 Jan 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Juditha Schmidt, 03 Mar 2021

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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) (12 Mar 2021) by Jürg Schweizer

AR by Juditha Aga on behalf of the Authors (12 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (15 Mar 2021) by Jürg Schweizer

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (26 Mar 2021)

RR by Alessandro Cicoira (13 Apr 2021)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (19 Apr 2021) by Jürg Schweizer

ED: Publish as is (28 Apr 2021) by Jürg Schweizer

Short summary

This study presents rock surface temperatures (RSTs) of steep high-Arctic rock walls on Svalbard from 2016 to 2020. The field data show that coastal cliffs are characterized by warmer RSTs than inland locations during winter seasons. By running model simulations, we analyze factors leading to that effect, calculate the surface energy balance and simulate different future scenarios. Both field data and model results can contribute to a further understanding of RST in high-Arctic rock walls.