Diverging future surface mass balance between the Antarctic ice shelves and grounded ice sheet

Kittel, Christoph; Amory, Charles; Agosta, Cécile; Jourdain, Nicolas C.; Hofer, Stefan; Delhasse, Alison; Doutreloup, Sébastien; Huot, Pierre-Vincent; Lang, Charlotte; Fichefet, Thierry; Fettweis, Xavier

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1215-2021

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05 Mar 2021

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| 05 Mar 2021

Diverging future surface mass balance between the Antarctic ice shelves and grounded ice sheet

Christoph Kittel, Charles Amory, Cécile Agosta, Nicolas C. Jourdain, Stefan Hofer, Alison Delhasse, Sébastien Doutreloup, Pierre-Vincent Huot, Charlotte Lang, Thierry Fichefet, and Xavier Fettweis

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RC1: 'review of Kittel et al., Diverging future surface mass balance', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Jan 2021
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Christoph Kittel, 25 Jan 2021
RC2: 'Referee Comment on Kittel et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Jan 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Christoph Kittel, 25 Jan 2021
AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Christoph Kittel, 25 Jan 2021

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Short summary

The future surface mass balance (SMB) of the Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) will influence the ice dynamics and the contribution of the ice sheet to the sea level rise. We investigate the AIS sensitivity to different warmings using physical and statistical downscaling of CMIP5 and CMIP6 models. Our results highlight a contrasting effect between the grounded ice sheet (where the SMB is projected to increase) and ice shelves (where the future SMB depends on the emission scenario).