Multi-year evaluation of airborne geodetic surveys to estimate seasonal mass balance, Columbia and Rocky Mountains, Canada

Pelto, Ben M.; Menounos, Brian; Marshall, Shawn J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1709-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1709-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1709-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

Research article

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26 Jun 2019

Research article |

| 26 Jun 2019

Multi-year evaluation of airborne geodetic surveys to estimate seasonal mass balance, Columbia and Rocky Mountains, Canada

Ben M. Pelto, Brian Menounos, and Shawn J. Marshall

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

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

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RC1: 'Geodetic glacier mass balance', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Mar 2019
- AC1: 'Author Response to RC1', Ben Pelto, 14 May 2019
RC2: 'Review Comment on "Multi-year Evaluation of Airborne Geodetic Surveys to Estimate Seasonal Mass Balance, Columbia and Rocky Mountains, Canada" by Pelto et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Mar 2019
- AC2: 'Author Response to RC2', Ben Pelto, 14 May 2019

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (17 May 2019) by Chris Derksen

AR by Ben Pelto on behalf of the Authors (17 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (27 May 2019) by Chris Derksen

Post-review adjustments

AA: Author's adjustment | EA: Editor approval

AA by Ben Pelto on behalf of the Authors (17 Jun 2019) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (19 Jun 2019) by Chris Derksen

Short summary

Changes in glacier mass are the direct response to meteorological conditions during the accumulation and melt seasons. We derived multi-year, seasonal mass balance from airborne laser scanning surveys and compared them to field measurements for six glaciers in the Columbia and Rocky Mountains, Canada. Our method can accurately measure seasonal changes in glacier mass and can be easily adapted to derive seasonal mass change for entire mountain ranges.