The Cryosphere (Jul 2020)
Experimental protocol for sea level projections from ISMIP6 stand-alone ice sheet models
- S. Nowicki,
- H. Goelzer,
- H. Goelzer,
- H. Seroussi,
- A. J. Payne,
- W. H. Lipscomb,
- A. Abe-Ouchi,
- C. Agosta,
- P. Alexander,
- P. Alexander,
- X. S. Asay-Davis,
- A. Barthel,
- T. J. Bracegirdle,
- R. Cullather,
- D. Felikson,
- X. Fettweis,
- J. M. Gregory,
- J. M. Gregory,
- J. M. Gregory,
- T. Hattermann,
- T. Hattermann,
- N. C. Jourdain,
- P. Kuipers Munneke,
- E. Larour,
- C. M. Little,
- M. Morlighem,
- I. Nias,
- I. Nias,
- A. Shepherd,
- E. Simon,
- D. Slater,
- R. S. Smith,
- R. S. Smith,
- F. Straneo,
- L. D. Trusel,
- M. R. van den Broeke,
- R. van de Wal,
- R. van de Wal
Affiliations
- S. Nowicki
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- H. Goelzer
- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- H. Goelzer
- Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
- H. Seroussi
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- A. J. Payne
- School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- W. H. Lipscomb
- Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
- A. Abe-Ouchi
- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan
- C. Agosta
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE-IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- P. Alexander
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA
- P. Alexander
- NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
- X. S. Asay-Davis
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
- A. Barthel
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
- T. J. Bracegirdle
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- R. Cullather
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- D. Felikson
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- X. Fettweis
- Laboratory of Climatology, Department of Geography, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- J. M. Gregory
- National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK
- J. M. Gregory
- Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
- J. M. Gregory
- Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
- T. Hattermann
- Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
- T. Hattermann
- Energy and Climate Group, Department of Physics and Technology, The Arctic University – University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
- N. C. Jourdain
- Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Univ. Grenoble Alpes/CNRS/IRD/G-INP, Grenoble, France
- P. Kuipers Munneke
- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- E. Larour
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- C. M. Little
- Atmospheric and Environmental Research Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
- M. Morlighem
- Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- I. Nias
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- I. Nias
- Department of Geography and Planning, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- A. Shepherd
- Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- E. Simon
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- D. Slater
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- R. S. Smith
- National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK
- R. S. Smith
- Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
- F. Straneo
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- L. D. Trusel
- Department of Geography, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA
- M. R. van den Broeke
- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- R. van de Wal
- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- R. van de Wal
- Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2331-2020
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14
pp. 2331 – 2368
Abstract
Projection of the contribution of ice sheets to sea level change as part of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) takes the form of simulations from coupled ice sheet–climate models and stand-alone ice sheet models, overseen by the Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project for CMIP6 (ISMIP6). This paper describes the experimental setup for process-based sea level change projections to be performed with stand-alone Greenland and Antarctic ice sheet models in the context of ISMIP6. The ISMIP6 protocol relies on a suite of polar atmospheric and oceanic CMIP-based forcing for ice sheet models, in order to explore the uncertainty in projected sea level change due to future emissions scenarios, CMIP models, ice sheet models, and parameterizations for ice–ocean interactions. We describe here the approach taken for defining the suite of ISMIP6 stand-alone ice sheet simulations, document the experimental framework and implementation, and present an overview of the ISMIP6 forcing to be used by participating ice sheet modeling groups.
