Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 2: Antarctica (1979–2016)

van Wessem, Jan Melchior; van de Berg, Willem Jan; Noël, Brice P. Y.; van Meijgaard, Erik; Amory, Charles; Birnbaum, Gerit; Jakobs, Constantijn L.; Krüger, Konstantin; Lenaerts, Jan T. M.; Lhermitte, Stef; Ligtenberg, Stefan R. M.; Medley, Brooke; Reijmer, Carleen H.; van Tricht, Kristof; Trusel, Luke D.; van Ulft, Lambertus H.; Wouters, Bert; Wuite, Jan; van den Broeke, Michiel R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1479-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1479-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1479-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

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20 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 20 Apr 2018

Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 2: Antarctica (1979–2016)

Jan Melchior van Wessem, Willem Jan van de Berg, Brice P. Y. Noël, Erik van Meijgaard, Charles Amory, Gerit Birnbaum, Constantijn L. Jakobs, Konstantin Krüger, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Stef Lhermitte, Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg, Brooke Medley, Carleen H. Reijmer, Kristof van Tricht, Luke D. Trusel, Lambertus H. van Ulft, Bert Wouters, Jan Wuite, and Michiel R. van den Broeke

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RC1: 'Review „Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2, part 2: Antarctica (1979–2016)” by Wessem et al.', Michael Lehning, 06 Dec 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewers #1 and #2.', Jan Melchior van Wessem, 19 Jan 2018
RC2: 'Modest changes needed', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Dec 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewers #1 and #2.', Jan Melchior van Wessem, 19 Jan 2018
AC1: 'Reply to reviewers #1 and #2.', Jan Melchior van Wessem, 19 Jan 2018

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

AR by Jan Melchior van Wessem on behalf of the Authors (22 Jan 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Jan 2018) by Xavier Fettweis

RR by Michael Lehning (08 Feb 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (11 Feb 2018) by Xavier Fettweis

AR by Jan Melchior van Wessem on behalf of the Authors (22 Feb 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (26 Feb 2018) by Xavier Fettweis

AR by Jan Melchior van Wessem on behalf of the Authors (26 Feb 2018)

Short summary

We present a detailed evaluation of the latest version of the regional atmospheric climate model RACMO2.3p2 (1979-2016) over the Antarctic ice sheet. The model successfully reproduces the present-day climate and surface mass balance (SMB) when compared with an extensive set of observations and improves on previous estimates of the Antarctic climate and SMB. This study shows that the latest version of RACMO2 can be used for high-resolution future projections over the AIS.