Dear authors,

Thank you for submitting your detailed responses to the reviewers’ comments. I am totally satisfied with your responses as well as the planned revisions. Now, I would like to ask you to submit a revised version of the manuscript, highlighting the changes made, together with the full responses to the review comments.

Sincerely,
Associate Editor, The Cryosphere
Dr. Masashi Niwano

Dear authors,

Thank you for revising the paper considering the comments/suggestions by the referees.

I have received two review reports and am pleased to tell that the both referees are happy with your responses to their earlier concerns.

Although I have judged that the current version of the manuscript is almost ready for publication now, both referees still raise minor concerns. I would like to ask you to attend to these minor issues. Upon submission, I need your full responses to the review comments as well as a copy of the revised manuscript in which the changes are tracked/highlighted.

I am looking forward to receiving your revised manuscript.

Sincerely,

Masashi Niwano
Editor
The Cryosphere

Dear Dr. Julien Beaumet,

Thank you for submitting the revised manuscript. I have judged that the revisions are entirely appropriate, and the overall quality of the revised manuscript is excellent. Therefore, I am pleased to accept the paper as is. Thank you very much again for submitting the paper to the journal The Cryosphere, and congratulations on your accomplishment.

Sincerely,

Masashi Niwano
Editor
The Cryosphere