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NHM–SMAP: spatially and temporally high-resolution nonhydrostatic atmospheric model coupled with detailed snow process model for Greenland Ice Sheet
Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency,
Tsukuba, 305-0052 Japan
Teruo Aoki
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University,
Okayama, 700-8530 Japan
Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency,
Tsukuba, 305-0052 Japan
Akihiro Hashimoto
Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency,
Tsukuba, 305-0052 Japan
Sumito Matoba
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo,
060-0819 Japan
Satoru Yamaguchi
Snow and Ice Research Center, National Research Institute for Earth
Science and Disaster Resilience, Nagaoka, 940-0821 Japan
Tomonori Tanikawa
Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency,
Tsukuba, 305-0052 Japan
Koji Fujita
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya,
464-8601 Japan
Akane Tsushima
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, 603-8047 Japan
Yoshinori Iizuka
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo,
060-0819 Japan
Rigen Shimada
Earth Observation Research Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency,
Tsukuba, 305-8505 Japan
Masahiro Hori
Earth Observation Research Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency,
Tsukuba, 305-8505 Japan
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Short summary
We present a high-resolution regional climate model called NHM–SMAP applied to the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS). The model forced by JRA-55 reanalysis is evaluated using in situ data from automated weather stations, stake measurements,
and ice core obtained from 2011 to 2014. By utilizing the model, we highlight that the choice of calculation schemes for vertical water movement in snow and firn has an effect of up to 200 Gt/year in the yearly accumulated GrIS-wide surface mass balance estimates.
We present a high-resolution regional climate model called NHM–SMAP applied to the Greenland Ice...
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