Articles | Volume 14, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4719-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4719-2020
Research article
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23 Dec 2020
Research article |  | 23 Dec 2020

Scoring Antarctic surface mass balance in climate models to refine future projections

Tessa Gorte, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, and Brooke Medley

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (26 Mar 2020) by Michiel van den Broeke
AR by Tessa Gorte on behalf of the Authors (08 May 2020)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 May 2020) by Michiel van den Broeke
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (27 May 2020)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (10 Jun 2020)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (11 Jun 2020)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (15 Jun 2020) by Michiel van den Broeke
AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (31 Jul 2020)  Author's response
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (03 Aug 2020) by Michiel van den Broeke
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Aug 2020) by Michiel van den Broeke
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (24 Aug 2020)
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (26 Aug 2020) by Michiel van den Broeke
AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (05 Oct 2020)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Oct 2020) by Michiel van den Broeke
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (19 Oct 2020)
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (19 Oct 2020) by Michiel van den Broeke
AR by Katja Gänger on behalf of the Authors (30 Oct 2020)  Author's response
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (02 Nov 2020) by Michiel van den Broeke
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Short summary
In this paper, we analyze several spatial and temporal criteria to assess the ability of models in the CMIP5 and CMIP6 frameworks to recreate past Antarctic surface mass balance. We then compared a subset of the top performing models to all remaining models to refine future surface mass balance predictions under different forcing scenarios. We found that the top performing models predict lower surface mass balance by 2100, indicating less buffering than otherwise expected of sea level rise.