Articles | Volume 16, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5803-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5803-2023
Model description paper
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19 Oct 2023
Model description paper |  | 19 Oct 2023

A new model for supraglacial hydrology evolution and drainage for the Greenland Ice Sheet (SHED v1.0)

Prateek Gantayat, Alison F. Banwell, Amber A. Leeson, James M. Lea, Dorthe Petersen, Noel Gourmelen, and Xavier Fettweis

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We developed a new supraglacial hydrology model for the Greenland Ice Sheet. This model simulates surface meltwater routing, meltwater drainage, supraglacial lake (SGL) overflow, and formation of lake ice. The model was able to reproduce 80 % of observed lake locations and provides a good match between the observed and modelled temporal evolution of SGLs.
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