SEMIC: An efficient surface energy and mass balance model applied to the Greenland ice sheet

• Main Authors: Krapp, Mario, Robinson, Alexander, Ganopolski, Andrey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: München : European Geopyhsical Union 2017
• Subjects: climate modeling; diurnal variation; freeze-thaw cycle; future prospect; glacier mass balance; ice sheet; model validation; parameterization; regional climate; snowpack; surface energy; surface temperature; 550; Greenland; Prospect Glacier; glacier; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.34657/1264; https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/673

We present SEMIC, a Surface Energy and Mass balance model of Intermediate Complexity for snow- and ice-covered surfaces such as the Greenland ice sheet. SEMIC is fast enough for glacial cycle applications, making it a suitable replacement for simpler methods such as the positive degree day (PDD) met...