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Research article
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03 Jun 2019
Research article |
| 03 Jun 2019
| 03 Jun 2019
Regional grid refinement in an Earth system model: impacts on the simulated Greenland surface mass balance
Leonardus van Kampenhout
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Alan M. Rhoades
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA, USA
Adam R. Herrington
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook NY, USA
Colin M. Zarzycki
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Boulder CO, USA
Jan T. M. Lenaerts
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder CO, USA
William J. Sacks
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Boulder CO, USA
Michiel R. van den Broeke
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Short summary
A new tool is evaluated in which the climate and surface mass balance (SMB) of the Greenland ice sheet are resolved at 55 and 28 km resolution, while the rest of the globe is modelled at ~110 km. The local refinement of resolution leads to improved accumulation (SMB > 0) compared to observations; however ablation (SMB < 0) is deteriorated in some regions. This is attributed to changes in cloud cover and a reduced effectiveness of a model-specific vertical downscaling technique.
A new tool is evaluated in which the climate and surface mass balance (SMB) of the Greenland ice...
