Ice and Climate: Polar climate modelling

 

Firn densification model (FDM)

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Data FDM

Antarctica

Name:

FDM   ANT27

Resolution:

27.5 km, 262 x 240 points

Domain:

Antarctica

Period:

1979 - 2014

Forcing:

RACMO2.3p1

Key publication:

  • Unpublished

Name:

FDM   ANT5.5/DML

Resolution:

5.5 km, 456 x 330 points

Domain:

Dronning Maud Land Antarctica

Period:

1979 - 2012

Forcing:

RACMO2.3p1

Key publication:

  • Unpublished

Name:

FDM   ANT5.5/Pen

Resolution:

5.5 km, 330 x 294 points

Domain:

Antarctic Peninsula

Period:

1979 - 2014

Forcing:

RACMO2.3p1

Key publication:

  • Unpublished

Name:

FDM   ANT27

Resolution:

27.5 km, 262 x 240 points

Domain:

Antarctica

Period:

1979 - 2013

Forcing:

RACMO2.1

Key publication:

  • Ligtenberg et al., 2011. An improved semi-empirical model for the densification of Antarctic firn. The Cryosphere, 5, 809-819, doi:10.5194/tc-5-809-2011.
 

Greenland

Name:

FDM   GRIS11/3

Resolution:

16 km xx x xx points

Domain:

Greenland ice sheet

Period:

1979 - 2014

Forcing:

RACMO2.3p1

Key publication:

  • Steger et al. 2017. Firn meltwater retention on the Greenland Ice Sheet: a model comparison. Front. Earth Sci., 5, 3, doi:10.3389/feart.2017.00003
 

Data Snowpack

Greenland

Name:

SNOWPACK   GRIS11/3

Resolution:

16 km xx x xx points

Domain:

Greenland ice sheet

Period:

1979 - 2014

Forcing:

RACMO2.3p1

Key publication:

  • Steger et al. 2017. Firn meltwater retention on the Greenland Ice Sheet: a model comparison. Front. Earth Sci., 5, 3, doi:10.3389/feart.2017.00003