Enthalpy benchmark experiments for numerical ice sheet models

Kleiner, T.; Rückamp, M.; Bondzio, J. H.; Humbert, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-217-2015

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-217-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-217-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

Research article

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06 Feb 2015

Research article |

| 06 Feb 2015

Enthalpy benchmark experiments for numerical ice sheet models

T. Kleiner, M. Rückamp, J. H. Bondzio, and A. Humbert

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RC C1198: 'Enthalpy benchmark experiments for numerical ice sheet models', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Jul 2014
- AC C2297: 'Review 1', Thomas Kleiner, 07 Nov 2014
RC C1828: 'Makes useful progress toward remedying the absense of tools to test enthalpy models', Ed Bueler, 19 Sep 2014
- AC C2298: 'Review 2', Thomas Kleiner, 07 Nov 2014
EC C2347: 'Revised manuscript', Frank Pattyn, 14 Nov 2014

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Thomas Kleiner on behalf of the Authors (05 Dec 2014) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (02 Jan 2015) by Frank Pattyn

AR by Thomas Kleiner on behalf of the Authors (12 Jan 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (14 Jan 2015) by Frank Pattyn

Short summary

We present benchmark experiments and analytical solutions to test the implementation of enthalpy and the corresponding boundary conditions in numerical ice sheet models. The results of the applied models agree well with the analytical solutions if the change in conductivity between cold and temperate ice is properly considered in the model.