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

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: M. Donat-Magnin, N. C. Jourdain, C. Kittel, C. Agosta, C. Amory, H. Gallée, G. Krinner, M. Chekki
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; Getz; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-571-2021; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/571/2021/tc-15-571-2021.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/330226c0275c41f1b318ae21d7da82ca

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...