Fresh-water discharge from Greenland using regional climate simulations

Author: Sood, Abha

Source: Annals of Glaciology, Volume 42, Number 1, August 2005 , pp. 95-100(6)

Publisher: International Glaciological Society

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Abstract:

The annual mass budget of the Greenland ice sheet (1992) and the fresh-water flux from Greenland including the coasts is determined using high-resolution regional climate model (REMO) simulations. The climate model is modified to include processes such as lateral flow over Greenland using a newly developed routing scheme, the effect of sub-grid-scale surface heterogeneity (orography) on surface temperature and runoff and an improved snow and ice model for the Greenland ice sheet for surface processes on the ice sheet. The high-resolution (0.125° grid size) simulations of accumulation and runoff fields are also assessed compared to the lower-resolution (0.5° grid size) simulations.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.3189/172756405781812880

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