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Research article
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12 Jun 2023
Research article |
| 12 Jun 2023
| 12 Jun 2023
Strategies for regional modeling of surface mass balance at the Monte Sarmiento Massif, Tierra del Fuego
Institut für Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen 91058, Germany
David Farías-Barahona
Departamento de Geografía, Universidad de Concepción,
Concepción, 4030000, Chile
Institut für Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen 91058, Germany
Thorsten Seehaus
Institut für Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen 91058, Germany
Ricardo Jaña
Departamento Científico, Instituto Antártico Chileno, Punta
Arenas, 6200000, Chile
Jorge Arigony-Neto
Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio
Grande, 96203, Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia da Criosfera, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Porto Alegre, 91501-970, Brazil
Inti Gonzalez
Centro de Estudios del Cuaternario de Fuego-Patagonia y
Antárctica, Punta Arenas, 6200000, Chile
Programa Doctorado Ciencias Antárticas y Subantárticas,
Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, 6200000, Chile
Anselm Arndt
Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10099, Germany
Tobias Sauter
Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10099, Germany
Christoph Schneider
Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10099, Germany
Johannes J. Fürst
Institut für Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen 91058, Germany
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- New insights on the interannual surface mass balance variability on the South Shetland Islands glaciers, northerly Antarctic Peninsula C. Torres et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104506
- Regional glacier melt modeling: insights from surface energy balance and positive degree-day comparisons H. Phelps et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022143025100531
- QFuego-Patagonia: A comprehensive glacier-related dataset for Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, South America D. Farías-Barahona et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2025.10110
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Short summary
Calibration of surface mass balance (SMB) models on regional scales is challenging. We investigate different calibration strategies with the goal of achieving realistic simulations of the SMB in the Monte Sarmiento Massif, Tierra del Fuego. Our results show that the use of regional observations from satellite data can improve the model performance. Furthermore, we compare four melt models of different complexity to understand the benefit of increasing the processes considered in the model.
Calibration of surface mass balance (SMB) models on regional scales is challenging. We...
