Articles | Volume 13, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1819-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1819-2019
Research article
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09 Jul 2019
Research article |  | 09 Jul 2019

Development of physically based liquid water schemes for Greenland firn-densification models

Vincent Verjans, Amber A. Leeson, C. Max Stevens, Michael MacFerrin, Brice Noël, and Michiel R. van den Broeke

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Firn models rely on empirical approaches for representing the percolation and refreezing of meltwater through the firn column. We develop liquid water schemes of different levels of complexity for firn models and compare their performances with respect to observations of density profiles from Greenland. Our results demonstrate that physically advanced water schemes do not lead to better agreement with density observations. Uncertainties in other processes contribute more to model discrepancy.