More Realistic Intermediate Depth Dry Firn Densification in the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM)

Abstract Earth system models account for seasonal snow cover, but many do not accommodate the deeper snowpack on ice sheets (aka firn) that slowly transforms to ice under accumulating snowfall. To accommodate and resolve firn depths of up to 60 m in the Energy Exascale Earth System Model's land...

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Published in:	Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Main Authors:	Adam M. Schneider, Charles S. Zender, Stephen F. Price
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2022-03-01
Subjects:	firn densification Earth system model snow metamorphism ice sheets surface mass balance firn air content
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002542