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Articles | Volume 14, issue 11
Articles | Volume 14, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3645-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3645-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 14, issue 11
Research article
 | 
04 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 04 Nov 2020

Evaluation of a new snow albedo scheme for the Greenland ice sheet in the Regional Atmospheric Climate Model (RACMO2)

Christiaan T. van Dalum, Willem Jan van de Berg, Stef Lhermitte, and Michiel R. van den Broeke

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RACMO2.3p3 monthly-accumulated shortwave radiation data for Greenland (September 2000–2018) C. T. van Dalum, W. J. van de Berg, and M. R. van den Broeke https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3763442

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The reflectivity of sunlight, which is also known as albedo, is often inadequately modeled in regional climate models. Therefore, we have implemented a new snow and ice albedo scheme in the regional climate model RACMO2. In this study, we evaluate a new RACMO2 version for the Greenland ice sheet by using observations and the previous model version. RACMO2 output compares well with observations, and by including new processes we improve the ability of RACMO2 to make future climate projections.
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