Articles | Volume 16, issue 10
The Cryosphere, 16, 3949–3970, 2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3949-2022
The Cryosphere, 16, 3949–3970, 2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3949-2022
Research article
05 Oct 2022
Research article | 05 Oct 2022

Quantifying the effects of background concentrations of crude oil pollution on sea ice albedo

Benjamin Heikki Redmond Roche and Martin D. King

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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-2021-372', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Mar 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Ben Redmond Roche, 08 Apr 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on tc-2021-372', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Apr 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (21 May 2022) by Yevgeny Aksenov
AR by Ben Redmond Roche on behalf of the Authors (27 May 2022)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Jul 2022) by Yevgeny Aksenov
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 Jul 2022)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (17 Aug 2022) by Yevgeny Aksenov
AR by Ben Redmond Roche on behalf of the Authors (08 Sep 2022)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (10 Sep 2022) by Yevgeny Aksenov
AR by Ben Redmond Roche on behalf of the Authors (13 Sep 2022)  Author's response    Manuscript
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Short summary
Sea ice is bright, playing an important role in reflecting incoming solar radiation. The reflectivity of sea ice is affected by the presence of pollutants, such as crude oil, even at low concentrations. Modelling how the brightness of three types of sea ice is affected by increasing concentrations of crude oils shows that the type of oil, the type of ice, the thickness of the ice, and the size of the oil droplets are important factors. This shows that sea ice is vulnerable to oil pollution.