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TC | Articles | Volume 14, issue 11
TC | Articles | Volume 14, issue 11
The Cryosphere, 14, 3785–3810, 2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3785-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
The Cryosphere, 14, 3785–3810, 2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3785-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
TC | Articles | Volume 14, issue 11

Research article 06 Nov 2020

Research article | 06 Nov 2020

The firn meltwater Retention Model Intercomparison Project (RetMIP): evaluation of nine firn models at four weather station sites on the Greenland ice sheet

Baptiste Vandecrux et al.

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3785-2020-supplement

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The firn meltwater retention model intercomparison project (RetMIP): forcing data Baptiste Vandecrux https://doi.org/10.22008/FK2/GZ3CSN

The firn meltwater retention model intercomparison project (RetMIP): model outputs Baptiste Vandecrux, Peter L. Langen, Peter Kuipers Munneke, Sebastian Simonsen, Vincent Verjans, C. Max Stevens, Sergey Marchenko, Ward van Pelt, and Colin Meyer https://doi.org/10.22008/FK2/CVPUJL

RetMIP plotting scripts (Version v0) Baptiste Vandecrux https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4172094

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GEUS surface energy balance and firn model (version 0.2) Baptiste Vandecrux https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4178986

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In the vast interior of the Greenland ice sheet, snow accumulates into a thick and porous layer called firn. Each summer, the firn retains part of the meltwater generated at the surface and buffers sea-level rise. In this study, we compare nine firn models traditionally used to quantify this retention at four sites and evaluate their performance against a set of in situ observations. We highlight limitations of certain model designs and give perspectives for future model development.
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