Brief communication: An ice surface melt scheme including the diurnal cycle of solar radiation.
Krebs-Kanzow, Uta, Gierz, Paul and Lohmann, Gerrit
(2018)
Brief communication: An ice surface melt scheme including the diurnal cycle of solar radiation.
The Cryosphere, 12
(12).
pp. 3923-3930.
DOI 10.5194/tc-12-3923-2018.
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Abstract
We propose a surface melt scheme for glaciated land surfaces, which only requires monthly mean short-wave radiation and temperature as inputs, yet implicitly accounts for the diurnal cycle of short-wave radiation. The scheme is deduced from the energy balance of a daily melt period, which is defined by a minimum solar elevation angle. The scheme yields a better spatial representation of melting than common empirical schemes when applied to the Greenland Ice Sheet, using a 1948–2016 regional climate and snowpack simulation as a reference. The scheme is physically constrained and can be adapted to other regions or time periods.
Document Type: | Article |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Open Access Journal?: | Yes |
DOI etc.: | 10.5194/tc-12-3923-2018 |
ISSN: | 1994-0424 |
Projects: | PalMod |
Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2020 12:31 |
Last Modified: | 08 Jan 2021 11:13 |
URI: | http://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/49286 |
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