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Articles | Volume 12, issue 12
Articles | Volume 12, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3923-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3923-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 12
Brief communication
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19 Dec 2018
Brief communication |  | 19 Dec 2018

Brief communication: An ice surface melt scheme including the diurnal cycle of solar radiation

Uta Krebs-Kanzow, Paul Gierz, and Gerrit Lohmann

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We present a new surface melt scheme for land ice. Derived from the energy balance of melting surfaces, the scheme may be particularly suitable for long ice-sheet simulations of past and future climates. It is computationally inexpensive and can be adapted to changes in the Earth's orbit and atmospheric composition. The scheme yields a better spatial representation of surface melt than common empirical schemes when applied to the Greenland Ice Sheet under present-day climate conditions.
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