Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 1: Greenland (1958–2016)

Noël, Brice; van de Berg, Willem Jan; van Wessem, J. Melchior; van Meijgaard, Erik; van As, Dirk; Lenaerts, Jan T. M.; Lhermitte, Stef; Kuipers Munneke, Peter; Smeets, C. J. P. Paul; van Ulft, Lambertus H.; van de Wal, Roderik S. W.; van den Broeke, Michiel R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-811-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-811-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-811-2018

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 3

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06 Mar 2018

Research article |

| 06 Mar 2018

Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 1: Greenland (1958–2016)

Brice Noël, Willem Jan van de Berg, J. Melchior van Wessem, Erik van Meijgaard, Dirk van As, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Stef Lhermitte, Peter Kuipers Munneke, C. J. P. Paul Smeets, Lambertus H. van Ulft, Roderik S. W. van de Wal, and Michiel R. van den Broeke

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RC1: 'Review of Noël et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Nov 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewer #1', Brice Noel, 11 Jan 2018
RC2: 'Review: “Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2, Part 1: Greenland (1958-2016)” by Noël et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Dec 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewer #1', Brice Noel, 11 Jan 2018

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AR by Brice Noël on behalf of the Authors (14 Jan 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (17 Jan 2018) by Xavier Fettweis

AR by Brice Noël on behalf of the Authors (18 Jan 2018)

Short summary

We present a detailed evaluation of the latest version of the regional climate model RACMO2.3p2 at 11 km resolution (1958–2016) over the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS). The model successfully reproduces the present-day climate and surface mass balance, i.e. snowfall minus meltwater run-off, of the GrIS compared to in situ observations. Since run-off from marginal narrow glaciers is poorly resolved at 11 km, further statistical downscaling to 1 km resolution is required for mass balance studies.