The added value of high resolution in estimating the surface mass balance in southern Greenland

van de Berg, Willem Jan; van Meijgaard, Erik; van Ulft, Lambertus H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1809-2020

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1809-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1809-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

Research article

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09 Jun 2020

Research article |

| 09 Jun 2020

The added value of high resolution in estimating the surface mass balance in southern Greenland

Willem Jan van de Berg, Erik van Meijgaard, and Lambertus H. van Ulft

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Jan 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to all three reviewers.', Willem Jan van de Berg, 03 Apr 2020
RC2: 'Review of van de Berg et al. “The added value of high resolution in estimating the surface mass balance in southern Greenland”', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Jan 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to all three reviewers.', Willem Jan van de Berg, 03 Apr 2020
RC3: 'Review of “The added value of high resolution in estimating the surface mass balance in southern Greenland” by van de Berg et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 03 Feb 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to all three reviewers.', Willem Jan van de Berg, 03 Apr 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (03 Apr 2020) by Xavier Fettweis

AR by Willem Jan van de Berg on behalf of the Authors (03 Apr 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 Apr 2020) by Xavier Fettweis

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (13 Apr 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (20 Apr 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (20 Apr 2020) by Xavier Fettweis

AR by Willem Jan van de Berg on behalf of the Authors (23 Apr 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (28 Apr 2020) by Xavier Fettweis

AR by Willem Jan van de Berg on behalf of the Authors (06 May 2020)

Short summary

In times of increasing computer power, atmospheric models that estimate the surface mass balance of the Greenland can be run with increasing resolution. However, at which resolution is the error no longer determined by the lacking resolution but by model shortcomings? In this manuscript we show that for the majority of the southern part of the Greenland Ice Sheet, our study area, a model resolution of 20 km is sufficient although finer model resolutions are still beneficial.