Energetics of surface melt in West Antarctica

Ghiz, Madison L.; Scott, Ryan C.; Vogelmann, Andrew M.; Lenaerts, Jan T. M.; Lazzara, Matthew; Lubin, Dan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3459-2021

Articles | Volume 15, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3459-2021

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3459-2021

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

Articles | Volume 15, issue 7

Research article

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26 Jul 2021

Research article |

| 26 Jul 2021

Energetics of surface melt in West Antarctica

Madison L. Ghiz, Ryan C. Scott, Andrew M. Vogelmann, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Matthew Lazzara, and Dan Lubin

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Final revised paper (published on 26 Jul 2021)
Preprint (discussion started on 28 Oct 2020)

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Status: closed

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

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RC1: 'Review of “Energetics of Surface Melt in West Antarctica”- Ghiz et al. TC.', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to Reviewer 1 Dated 9 November 2020', Dan Lubin, 19 Nov 2020
RC2: 'Review of Ghiz et al. Energetics of surface melt in West Antarctica', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Nov 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to Reviewer 2 Dated 19 November 2020', Dan Lubin, 20 Nov 2020
RC3: 'Review of "Energetics of Surface Melt in West Anatrctica" by Ghiz et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 30 Nov 2020
- AC3: 'Reply to Reviewer 3 Dated 30 November 2020', Dan Lubin, 30 Nov 2020
AC4: 'Manuscript Revision Overview', Dan Lubin, 12 Jan 2021
- EC1: 'Reply on AC4', Ruth Mottram, 08 Feb 2021
  - AC5: 'Detailed Replies to Referees', Dan Lubin, 30 Apr 2021

Peer-review completion

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

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (19 May 2021) by Ruth Mottram

AR by Dan Lubin on behalf of the Authors (20 May 2021) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 May 2021) by Ruth Mottram

RR by Ella Gilbert (28 May 2021)

ED: Publish as is (01 Jun 2021) by Ruth Mottram

AR by Dan Lubin on behalf of the Authors (10 Jun 2021)

Short summary

We investigate how melt occurs over the vulnerable ice shelves of West Antarctica and determine that the three primary mechanisms can be evaluated using archived numerical weather prediction model data and satellite imagery. We find examples of each mechanism: thermal blanketing by a warm atmosphere, radiative heating by thin clouds, and downslope winds. Our results signify the potential to make a multi-decadal assessment of atmospheric stress on West Antarctic ice shelves in a warming climate.