Brief communication: Improved simulation of the present-day Greenland firn layer (1960–2016)

Ligtenberg, Stefan R. M.; Kuipers Munneke, Peter; Noël, Brice P. Y.; van den Broeke, Michiel R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1643-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1643-2018

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1643-2018

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 5

Brief communication

|

08 May 2018

Brief communication |

| 08 May 2018

Brief communication: Improved simulation of the present-day Greenland firn layer (1960–2016)

Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg, Peter Kuipers Munneke, Brice P. Y. Noël, and Michiel R. van den Broeke

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RC1: 'Review of ”Brief communication: Improved simulation of the present-day Greenland firn layer (1960-2016)” by Ligtenberg et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Feb 2018
RC2: 'Review of "Brief communication: Improved simulation of the present-day Greenland firn layer (1960-2016)" by Ligtenberg et al.', Christopher Max Stevens, 15 Feb 2018
AC1: 'Response to Reviews (combined)', Stefan Ligtenberg, 19 Mar 2018

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

AR by Stefan Ligtenberg on behalf of the Authors (25 Mar 2018)

ED: Publish as is (06 Apr 2018) by Martin Schneebeli

AR by Stefan Ligtenberg on behalf of the Authors (10 Apr 2018)

Short summary

Firn is the transitional product between fresh snow and glacier ice, and a 10-100 m thick layer covers the Greenland ice sheet. It has the capacity to store meltwater and thereby mitigate runoff to the ocean. Using a model and improved atmospheric forcing, we simulate firn density and temperature that agrees well with observations from firn cores. Especially in the regions with substantial melt, and therefore the most sensitive to a warming climate, the results improved significantly.