An ice sheet model validation framework for the Greenland ice sheet

Price, Stephen F.; Hoffman, Matthew J.; Bonin, Jennifer A.; Howat, Ian M.; Neumann, Thomas; Saba, Jack; Tezaur, Irina; Guerber, Jeffrey; Chambers, Don P.; Evans, Katherine J.; Kennedy, Joseph H.; Lenaerts, Jan; Lipscomb, William H.; Perego, Mauro; Salinger, Andrew G.; Tuminaro, Raymond S.; van den Broeke, Michiel R.; Nowicki, Sophie M. J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-255-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-255-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-255-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

Methods for assessment of models

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17 Jan 2017

Methods for assessment of models |

| 17 Jan 2017

An ice sheet model validation framework for the Greenland ice sheet

Stephen F. Price, Matthew J. Hoffman, Jennifer A. Bonin, Ian M. Howat, Thomas Neumann, Jack Saba, Irina Tezaur, Jeffrey Guerber, Don P. Chambers, Katherine J. Evans, Joseph H. Kennedy, Jan Lenaerts, William H. Lipscomb, Mauro Perego, Andrew G. Salinger, Raymond S. Tuminaro, Michiel R. van den Broeke, and Sophie M. J. Nowicki

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1: “Interactive comment on An ice sheet model validation framework for the Greenland ice sheet”', Stephen Price, 27 Aug 2016
RC2: 'Review of Price, Stephan F. et al. (Geoscientific Model Development, gmd-2016-97)', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2: “Interactive comment on An ice sheet model validation framework for the Greenland ice sheet”', Stephen Price, 27 Aug 2016
RC3: 'Review of ``An ice sheet model validation framework for the Greenland ice sheet''', Anonymous Referee #3, 28 Jun 2016
- AC3: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #3: “Interactive comment on An ice sheet model validation framework for the Greenland ice sheet”', Stephen Price, 27 Aug 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Stephen Price on behalf of the Authors (27 Aug 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (02 Dec 2016) by Philippe Huybrechts

AR by Stephen Price on behalf of the Authors (03 Dec 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We introduce the Cryospheric Model Comparison Tool (CmCt) and propose qualitative and quantitative metrics for evaluating ice sheet model simulations against observations. Greenland simulations using the Community Ice Sheet Model are compared to gravimetry and altimetry observations from 2003 to 2013. We show that the CmCt can be used to score simulations of increasing complexity relative to observations of dynamic change in Greenland over the past decade.