Towards an Improved Representation of Polar Snow and Firn in the Community Earth System Model (CESM)

Leo van Kampenhout1, Jan Lenaerts2, William H Lipscomb3, William Sacks4 and Michiel R van den Broeke2, (1)Utrecht University, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, (2)Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, (3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States