For this 784k simulation, the two-dimensional ocean temperature forcing was replaced with the time series of zonal average temperatures at 55ºS, multiplied by a factor of ten.
Dataset doi: 10.22741/iccp.20180005
Longitude: 0.000°E to 359.600°E
Latitude: -90.000°N to -60.400°N
Volume: 7.8GB
Contact: Elke Zeller
Last updated: 2018-06-28 16:11
Related publications:
Local insolation changes enhance Antarctic interglacials: Insights from an 800,000-year ice sheet simulation with transient climate forcing, M Tigchelaar, A Timmermann, D Pollard, T Friedrich, M Heinemann, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 495, 69-78, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.05.004 (2018)
Note: This model used a polar stereographic grid. To fascillitate analysis using we regridded the data. Regridding was done using CDO Bilinear Grid Interpolation.
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Variables:
| Name | Long name | Units |
|---|---|---|
| mtime | model time | kyr B.P. |
| lon | longitude | degrees_east |
| lat | latitude | degrees_north |
| basefrml | basal freezing rate | m/y |
| baseperc | percolation to base | m/y |
| budgall | net budget | m/y |
| budgmelt | surface melt | m/y |
| budgrain | rainfall | m/y |
| budgsnow | snowfall | m/y |
| calvice | calvice rate | m/y |
| calviceav | average calvice rate | m/y |
| cliffmelt | cliffmelt rate | m/y |
| clifmeltav | average cliffmelt rate | m/y |
| darea | cell area, h-grid | m^2 |
| deflect | lithospheric deflection | m |
| elevmelt | elevation of internal melt pt. | m |
| facemelt | facemelt rate | m/y |
| facemeltav | average facemelt rate | m/y |
| fedge | ice fractional area | 0-1 |
| fluxsch | grounding-line flux | m2/y |
| fract | basal non-frozen fraction | 0-1 |
| geoflux | geothermal heat flux | J/m2/a |
| h | ice thickness | m |
| hb | bed elevation | m |
| hbsd | standard deviation bed elevation | m |
| hs | surface elevation | m |
| logcrhmel | basal sliding coefficient, intrinsic | m/y/Pa^2 |
| maskwater | 0=gd.ice/land, 1=fl.ice/ocean | 0/1 |
| oceanmelt | sub-ice oceanic melt | m/y |
| oceanmeltav | average sub-ice ocean melt | m/y |
| pdds | Positive Degree Days | days |
| runfrozav | average runfroz rate | m/y |
| runliqav | average runliq rate | m/y |
| tamax | max monthly air temperature | C |
| tb | basal temperature | C |
| tbhomol | basal homologous temperature | C |
| tempocn | ocean temperature | C |
| topbedeq | equilibrium bedrock elevation | m |
| tota | ice area | m2 |
| totaf | floating ice area | m2 |
| totag | grounded ice area | m2 |
| toti | ice volume | m3 |
| totif | floating ice volume | m3 |
| totig | grounded ice volume | m3 |
| ts | surface temperature | C |
| vershis | history file version number | none |
| wab | basal ice z-velocity | m/y |
| was | surface ice z-velocity | m/y |