Articles | Volume 15, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5205-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5205-2021
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25 Nov 2021
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Seasonal evolution of Antarctic supraglacial lakes in 2015–2021 and links to environmental controls

Mariel C. Dirscherl, Andreas J. Dietz, and Claudia Kuenzer

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on tc-2021-203', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Sep 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on tc-2021-203', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Sep 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) (15 Oct 2021) by Johannes J. Fürst
AR by Mariel Dirscherl on behalf of the Authors (19 Oct 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (26 Oct 2021) by Johannes J. Fürst
AR by Mariel Dirscherl on behalf of the Authors (27 Oct 2021)  Author's response    Manuscript
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Short summary
We provide novel insight into the temporal evolution of supraglacial lakes across six major Antarctic ice shelves in 2015–2021. For Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves, we observe extensive meltwater ponding during the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 summers. Over East Antarctica, lakes were widespread during 2016–2019 and at a minimum in 2020–2021. We investigate environmental controls, revealing lake ponding to be coupled to atmospheric modes, the near-surface climate and the local glaciological setting.