Articles | Volume 14, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3935-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3935-2020
Research article
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11 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 11 Nov 2020

GrSMBMIP: intercomparison of the modelled 1980–2012 surface mass balance over the Greenland Ice Sheet

Xavier Fettweis, Stefan Hofer, Uta Krebs-Kanzow, Charles Amory, Teruo Aoki, Constantijn J. Berends, Andreas Born, Jason E. Box, Alison Delhasse, Koji Fujita, Paul Gierz, Heiko Goelzer, Edward Hanna, Akihiro Hashimoto, Philippe Huybrechts, Marie-Luise Kapsch, Michalea D. King, Christoph Kittel, Charlotte Lang, Peter L. Langen, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Glen E. Liston, Gerrit Lohmann, Sebastian H. Mernild, Uwe Mikolajewicz, Kameswarrao Modali, Ruth H. Mottram, Masashi Niwano, Brice Noël, Jonathan C. Ryan, Amy Smith, Jan Streffing, Marco Tedesco, Willem Jan van de Berg, Michiel van den Broeke, Roderik S. W. van de Wal, Leo van Kampenhout, David Wilton, Bert Wouters, Florian Ziemen, and Tobias Zolles

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (16 Apr 2020) by Robin Smith
AR by Xavier Fettweis on behalf of the Authors (27 May 2020)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (15 Jun 2020) by Robin Smith
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (27 Jun 2020)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (14 Jul 2020)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (15 Jul 2020) by Robin Smith
AR by Xavier Fettweis on behalf of the Authors (24 Jul 2020)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (11 Aug 2020) by Robin Smith
AR by Xavier Fettweis on behalf of the Authors (13 Aug 2020)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (18 Sep 2020) by Robin Smith
AR by Xavier Fettweis on behalf of the Authors (18 Sep 2020)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
We evaluated simulated Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass balance from 5 kinds of models. While the most complex (but expensive to compute) models remain the best, the faster/simpler models also compare reliably with observations and have biases of the same order as the regional models. Discrepancies in the trend over 2000–2012, however, suggest that large uncertainties remain in the modelled future SMB changes as they are highly impacted by the meltwater runoff biases over the current climate.