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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1071-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1071-2022
Research article
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29 Mar 2022
Research article |  | 29 Mar 2022

Sensitivity of Antarctic surface climate to a new spectral snow albedo and radiative transfer scheme in RACMO2.3p3

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

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In this study, we improve the regional climate model RACMO2 and investigate the climate of Antarctica. We have implemented a new radiative transfer and snow albedo scheme and do several sensitivity experiments. When fully tuned, the results compare well with observations and snow temperature profiles improve. Moreover, small changes in the albedo and the investigated processes can lead to a strong overestimation of melt, locally leading to runoff and a reduced surface mass balance.