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17 Nov 2010
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Comment on "100-year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation" by Matthias Huss et al. (2010)
Abstract. The paper by Huss et al. (2010) presents a comprehensive set of 100-year specific mass balance series for 30 Swiss glaciers. In the second part of the paper, the authors relate the fluctuations in alpine glacier specific mass balance to climatic changes attributed to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). We believe that the specific mass balance is not the appropriate measure to interpret climatic fluctuations. Due to the dynamic response of glaciers to changes in their climatic forcing, the importance of short-term climatic oscillations is overestimated. Taking the changes in glacier geometry into account, the AMO related climate variations are far less important to the recent mass loss than the trend caused by the gradual warming over the past century.
How to cite. Leclercq, P. W., van de Wal, R. S. W., and Oerlemans, J.: Comment on "100-year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation" by Matthias Huss et al. (2010), The Cryosphere Discuss., 4, 2475–2481, https://doi.org/10.5194/tcd-4-2475-2010, 2010.
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RC C1141: 'Referee Comment on Leclercq et al.'s comment on Huss et al. (TCD, 4, 2475-2481)', J. Graham Cogley, 21 Nov 2010
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SC C1441: 'Interactive comment on Leclerq et al.', Matthias Huss, 06 Jan 2011
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RC C1479: 'Review on : Comment on « 100-year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic multidecadal Oscillation” by Matthias Huss et al.(2010), P. W. Leclercq et al.', Christian VINCENT, 10 Jan 2011
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SC C1441: 'Interactive comment on Leclerq et al.', Matthias Huss, 06 Jan 2011
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RC C1479: 'Review on : Comment on « 100-year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic multidecadal Oscillation” by Matthias Huss et al.(2010), P. W. Leclercq et al.', Christian VINCENT, 10 Jan 2011
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P. W. Leclercq
IMAU, Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
R. S. W. van de Wal
IMAU, Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
J. Oerlemans
IMAU, Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands