Future surface mass balance and surface melt in the Amundsen sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Donat-Magnin, Marion, Jourdain, Nicolas C., Kittel, Christoph, Agosta, Cécile, Amory, Charles, Gallée, Hubert, Krinner, Gerhard, Chekki, Mondher
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarc*; Antarctic; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-571-2021; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00055516; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00055167/tc-15-571-2021.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/571/2021/tc-15-571-2021.pdf

We present projections of West Antarctic surface mass balance (SMB) and surface melt to 2080–2100 under the RCP8.5 scenario and based on a regional model at 10 km resolution. Our projections are built by adding a CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5) multi-model-mean seasonal climate...