Brief communication: An ice surface melt scheme including the diurnal cycle of solar radiation

Krebs-Kanzow, Uta; Gierz, Paul; Lohmann, Gerrit

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3923-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3923-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3923-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 12

Brief communication

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19 Dec 2018

Brief communication |

| 19 Dec 2018

Brief communication: An ice surface melt scheme including the diurnal cycle of solar radiation

Uta Krebs-Kanzow, Paul Gierz, and Gerrit Lohmann

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RC1: 'Review of Krebs-Kanzow et al', Alexander Robinson, 07 Aug 2018
RC2: 'Review of Krebs-Kanzow et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Aug 2018
RC3: 'Review: An Ice surface melt scheme including the diurnal cycle of solar radiation', Mario Krapp, 15 Aug 2018
AC1: 'author comment on: Brief communication: An Ice surface melt scheme including the diurnal cycle of solar radiation', Uta Krebs-Kanzow, 09 Oct 2018
AC2: 'author comment on: the earlier comment as a pdf', Uta Krebs-Kanzow, 10 Oct 2018

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

AR by Uta Krebs-Kanzow on behalf of the Authors (10 Oct 2018) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Oct 2018) by Xavier Fettweis

RR by Alexander Robinson (22 Oct 2018)

RR by Mario Krapp (06 Nov 2018)

ED: Publish as is (06 Nov 2018) by Xavier Fettweis

Short summary

We present a new surface melt scheme for land ice. Derived from the energy balance of melting surfaces, the scheme may be particularly suitable for long ice-sheet simulations of past and future climates. It is computationally inexpensive and can be adapted to changes in the Earth's orbit and atmospheric composition. The scheme yields a better spatial representation of surface melt than common empirical schemes when applied to the Greenland Ice Sheet under present-day climate conditions.