Glacier Energy and Mass Balance (GEMB): a model of firn processes for cryosphere research

Gardner, Alex S.; Schlegel, Nicole-Jeanne; Larour, Eric

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-2277-2023

Articles | Volume 16, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-2277-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-2277-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 8

Model description paper

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27 Apr 2023

Model description paper |

| 27 Apr 2023

Glacier Energy and Mass Balance (GEMB): a model of firn processes for cryosphere research

Alex S. Gardner, Nicole-Jeanne Schlegel, and Eric Larour

Data sets

Output from the Glacier Energy and Mass Balance (GEMB v1.0) forced with 3-hourly RACMO fields, Greenland and Antarctica 1979-2014 Nicole-Jeanne Schlegel, Alex Gardner, and Eric Larour https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7430469

Model code and software

Ice-sheet and Sea-level System Model source code, v4.21 r27238 ISSM Team https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7026445

Glacier Energy and Mass Balance - MATLAB (v0.1) A. S. Gardner https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6975252

Short summary

This is the first description of the open-source Glacier Energy and Mass Balance (GEMB) model. GEMB models the ice sheet and glacier surface–atmospheric energy and mass exchange, as well as the firn state. The model is evaluated against the current state of the art and in situ observations and is shown to perform well.