The firn meltwater Retention Model Intercomparison Project (RetMIP): evaluation of nine firn models at four weather station sites on the Greenland ice sheet
The firn meltwater Retention Model Intercomparison Project (RetMIP): evaluation of nine firn models at four weather station sites on the Greenland ice sheet
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冰雪融水滞留模型比对项目(RetMIP):对格陵兰冰盖四个气象站的九个冰雪模型进行评估
DOI:
10.5194/tc-2019-331
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发表时间:
2020
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通讯作者:
J. Box
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作者:
B. Vandecrux;R. Mottram;P. Langen;R. Fausto;Martin Olesen;C. M. Stevens;V. Verjans;A. Leeson;S. Ligtenberg;P. Kuipers Munneke;Sergey Marchenko;W. V. van Pelt;C. Meyer;S. Simonsen;A. Heilig;S. Samimi;H. Machguth;M. Macferrin;M. Niwano;O. Miller;Clifford I. Voss;J. Box
Abstract. Perennial snow, or firn, covers 80 % of the Greenland ice sheet
and has the capacity to retain surface meltwater, influencing the ice sheet
mass balance and contribution to sea-level rise. Multilayer firn models are
traditionally used to simulate firn processes and estimate meltwater
retention. We present, intercompare and evaluate outputs from nine firn
models at four sites that represent the ice sheet's dry snow, percolation,
ice slab and firn aquifer areas. The models are forced by mass and energy
fluxes derived from automatic weather stations and compared to firn density,
temperature and meltwater percolation depth observations. Models agree
relatively well at the dry-snow site while elsewhere their meltwater
infiltration schemes lead to marked differences in simulated firn
characteristics. Models accounting for deep meltwater percolation overestimate percolation depth and firn temperature at the percolation and
ice slab sites but accurately simulate recharge of the firn aquifer. Models
using Darcy's law and bucket schemes compare favorably to observed firn
temperature and meltwater percolation depth at the percolation site, but
only the Darcy models accurately simulate firn temperature and percolation
at the ice slab site. Despite good performance at certain locations, no
single model currently simulates meltwater infiltration adequately at all
sites. The model spread in estimated meltwater retention and runoff
increases with increasing meltwater input. The highest runoff was calculated
at the KAN_U site in 2012, when average total runoff across
models (±2σ) was 353±610 mm w.e. (water equivalent), about 27±48 % of the surface meltwater input. We identify potential causes for the
model spread and the mismatch with observations and provide recommendations
for future model development and firn investigation.
影响因子:
64.8
作者:
MacFerrin, M.;Machguth, H.;Abdalati, W.
通讯作者:
Abdalati, W.
影响因子:
5.2
作者:
Heilig, Achim;Eisen, Olaf;Fettweis, Xavier
通讯作者:
Fettweis, Xavier
DOI:
10.5194/tc-9-2163-2015
发表时间:
2015
期刊:
The Cryosphere
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作者:
Charalampidis C
通讯作者:
Charalampidis C