Measurements of light-absorbing particles on the glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Schmitt, C. G.; All, J. D.; Schwarz, J. P.; Arnott, W. P.; Cole, R. J.; Lapham, E.; Celestian, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-331-2015

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-331-2015

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-331-2015

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

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

Research article

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12 Feb 2015

Research article |

| 12 Feb 2015

Measurements of light-absorbing particles on the glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru

C. G. Schmitt, J. D. All, J. P. Schwarz, W. P. Arnott, R. J. Cole, E. Lapham, and A. Celestian

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RC C2194: 'Referee's report', Anonymous Referee #1, 31 Oct 2014
- AC C2817: 'Response to Reviewer 1 comments', Carl Schmitt, 10 Jan 2015
RC C2319: 'Review comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Nov 2014
- AC C2824: 'Reply to Reviewer 2', Carl Schmitt, 10 Jan 2015
AC C2830: 'Manuscript with track changes to show the changes made since the initial submission', Carl Schmitt, 10 Jan 2015

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AR by Carl Schmitt on behalf of the Authors (10 Jan 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (15 Jan 2015) by Andrew Klein

AR by Carl Schmitt on behalf of the Authors (20 Jan 2015) Manuscript

Short summary

This paper presents the results of 3 years of measurements of light absorbing particles on the glaciers in Peru. A new analysis technique has been developed and results are shown to be well correlated with black carbon mass estimates made with the Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) instrument, the state-of-the-art instrument for this type of measurement. Effective black carbon levels were found to be moderate on glaciers near cities and close to zero in more remote regions.