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Articles | Volume 13, issue 5
Articles | Volume 13, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1529-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1529-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 5
Research article
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28 May 2019
Research article |  | 28 May 2019

An efficient surface energy–mass balance model for snow and ice

Andreas Born, Michael A. Imhof, and Thomas F. Stocker

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We present a new numerical model to simulate the surface energy and mass balance of snow and ice. While similar models exist and cover a wide range of complexity from empirical models to those that simulate the microscopic structure of individual snow grains, we aim to strike a balance between physical completeness and numerical efficiency. This new model will enable physically accurate simulations over timescales of hundreds of millennia, a key requirement of investigating ice age cycles.
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