Estimation of the Antarctic surface mass balance using the regional climate model MAR (1979–2015) and identification of dominant processes

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Agosta, Cécile, Amory, Charles, Kittel, Christoph, Orsi, Anais, Favier, Vincent, Gallée, Hubert, van den Broeke, Michiel R., Lenaerts, Jan T. M., van Wessem, Jan Melchior, van de Berg, Willem Jan, Fettweis, Xavier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarctic; Merra; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-281-2019; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00003431; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00003389/tc-13-281-2019.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/13/281/2019/tc-13-281-2019.pdf

The Antarctic ice sheet mass balance is a major component of the sea level budget and results from the difference of two fluxes of a similar magnitude: ice flow discharging in the ocean and net snow accumulation on the ice sheet surface, i.e. the surface mass balance (SMB). Separately modelling ice...