Tracing glacier changes in Austria from the Little Ice Age to the present using a lidar-based high-resolution  glacier inventory in Austria

Fischer, A.; Seiser, B.; Stocker Waldhuber, M.; Mitterer, C.; Abermann, J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-753-2015

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-753-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-753-2015

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

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

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27 Apr 2015

Research article |

| 27 Apr 2015

Tracing glacier changes in Austria from the Little Ice Age to the present using a lidar-based high-resolution glacier inventory in Austria

A. Fischer, B. Seiser, M. Stocker Waldhuber, C. Mitterer, and J. Abermann

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Final revised paper (published on 27 Apr 2015)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC C2291: 'Tracing glacial disintegration from the LIA to the present using a LIDAR-based hi-res glacier inventory', Mauri Pelto, 06 Nov 2014
- AC C2681: 'author response', Andrea Fischer, 18 Dec 2014
RC C2504: 'Referee Comment', Frank Paul, 27 Nov 2014
- AC C2682: 'author response', Andrea Fischer, 18 Dec 2014
RC C2575: 'Needs improvements in description of methodology, analysis of regional variability and tie-in to climate records', Siri Jodha Khalsa, 04 Dec 2014
- AC C2683: 'author response', Andrea Fischer, 18 Dec 2014

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

AR by Andrea Fischer on behalf of the Authors (15 Jan 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (27 Jan 2015) by Chris R. Stokes

RR by Frank Paul (07 Mar 2015)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (13 Mar 2015) by Chris R. Stokes

AR by Andrea Fischer on behalf of the Authors (23 Mar 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (27 Mar 2015) by Chris R. Stokes

AR by Andrea Fischer on behalf of the Authors (30 Mar 2015)

Short summary

A time series of four Austrian glacier inventories (GIs) from the LIA maximum state up to the year 2006 show a decrease of glacier area to 44% of the LIA area. The annual relative area losses are 0.3%/year for the period GI LIA to GI 1 (1969), with one period with major glacier advances in the 1920s. From GI 1 to GI 2 (1969-1998, one advance period of variable length in the 1980s) glacier area decreased by 0.6%/year, and from GI 2 to GI 3 (10 years, no advance period) by 1.2%/year.