Winter speed-up of quiescent surge-type glaciers in Yukon, Canada

Abe, T.; Furuya, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1183-2015

Articles | Volume 9, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1183-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1183-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 3

Research article

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05 Jun 2015

Research article |

| 05 Jun 2015

Winter speed-up of quiescent surge-type glaciers in Yukon, Canada

T. Abe and M. Furuya

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Final revised paper (published on 05 Jun 2015)
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Preprint (discussion started on 21 May 2014)

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

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RC C1060: 'Referee Review of Winter speed-up of quiescent surge-type glaciers in Yukon, Canada', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Jul 2014
- AC C1555: 'Interactive comment on “Winter speed-up of quiescent surge-type glaciers in Yukon, Canada” by T. Abe and M. Furuya', Takahiro Abe, 18 Aug 2014
RC C1194: 'Referee comments on Abe and Furuya: Winter speed-up of surge-type...', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Jul 2014
- AC C1556: 'Author response to a Referee#2 comment', Takahiro Abe, 18 Aug 2014
RC C1366: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #3, 22 Jul 2014
- AC C1557: 'Author response to a Referee#3 comment', Takahiro Abe, 18 Aug 2014

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

AR by Takahiro Abe on behalf of the Authors (08 Oct 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (13 Nov 2014) by Eric Larour

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (15 Jan 2015) by Eric Larour

RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (12 Mar 2015)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (24 Apr 2015) by Eric Larour

AR by Takahiro Abe on behalf of the Authors (11 May 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (11 May 2015) by Eric Larour

AR by Takahiro Abe on behalf of the Authors (14 May 2015)

Short summary

Whereas glacier surge is known to often initiate in winter, we show significant winter speed-up signals in the upstream region even at quiescent surge-type glaciers in Yukon, Canada. Moreover, the winter speed-up region expanded from upstream to downstream. Given the absence of surface meltwater input in winter, we speculate the presence of englacial water storage that does not directly connect to the surface, yet can promote basal sliding through increased water pressure.