Warming permafrost and active layer variability at Cime Bianche, Western European Alps

Pogliotti, P.; Guglielmin, M.; Cremonese, E.; Morra di Cella, U.; Filippa, G.; Pellet, C.; Hauck, C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-647-2015

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-647-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-647-2015

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

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

Research article

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08 Apr 2015

Research article |

| 08 Apr 2015

Warming permafrost and active layer variability at Cime Bianche, Western European Alps

P. Pogliotti, M. Guglielmin, E. Cremonese, U. Morra di Cella, G. Filippa, C. Pellet, and C. Hauck

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RC C1646: 'Review of Pogliotti et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Aug 2014
- AC C2505: 'Reply to Referee#1', Paolo Pogliotti, 28 Nov 2014
RC C1829: 'Interactive comment on “Warming permafrost and active layer variability at Cime Bianche, Western Alps” by P. Pogliotti et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Sep 2014
- AC C2509: 'Reply to Referee#2', Paolo Pogliotti, 28 Nov 2014

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AR by Paolo Pogliotti on behalf of the Authors (28 Nov 2014) Author's response

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (13 Dec 2014) by Julia Boike

AR by Paolo Pogliotti on behalf of the Authors (21 Feb 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (10 Mar 2015) by Julia Boike

AR by Paolo Pogliotti on behalf of the Authors (18 Mar 2015) Manuscript

Short summary

This study presents the thermal state and recent evolution of permafrost at Cime Bianche. The analysis reveals that (i) spatial variability of MAGST is greater than its interannual variability and is controlled by snow duration and air temperature during the snow-free period, (ii) the ALT has a pronounced spatial variability caused by a different subsurface ice and water content, and (iii) permafrost is warming at significant rates below 8m of depth.