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An ice sheet model validation framework for the Greenland ice sheet.

Stephen F Price¹, Matthew J Hoffman¹, Jennifer A Bonin²

¹Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS B216, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.

Geoscientific Model Development

|April 27, 2018

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A new Cryospheric Model Comparison Tool (CmCt) framework uses satellite data to validate ice sheet models. Gravimetry data effectively distinguishes model performance, unlike ambiguous altimetry data, highlighting CmCt

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Glaciology
Climate Science
Computational Modeling

Background:

Ice sheet models are crucial for predicting sea-level rise.
Validating these models against observational data is essential but challenging.
Existing validation methods may not fully capture model performance.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel ice sheet model validation framework, the Cryospheric Model Comparison Tool (CmCt).
To evaluate the utility of altimetry and gravimetry data for model assessment.
To compare the performance of dynamic and conceptual ice sheet models for Greenland.

Main Methods:

Utilized the Community Ice Sheet Model (CISM) and two idealized models for Greenland simulations.
Forced CISM with reanalysis surface mass balance and observed glacier flux changes (1991-2013).
Developed and applied qualitative and quantitative metrics using satellite altimetry and gravimetry data.

Main Results:

Altimetry data proved ambiguous in distinguishing between different model simulations.
Both dynamic and conceptual models showed similar surface elevation representations (<1 m difference).
Gravimetry data unambiguously differentiated model complexity and performance, providing a quantitative assessment score.

Conclusions:

The CmCt framework and proposed metrics can effectively differentiate between better and worse ice sheet model simulations.
Gravimetry data offers a powerful tool for quantitative ice sheet model validation.
Dynamic ice sheet models demonstrate predictive skill when properly initialized and forced, validated by CmCt.