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Forward simulations of the Amundsen Sea Sector of West Antarctica at different resolutions produced from the ice sheet model WAVI

This dataset contains simulations produced by the ice sheet model WAVI (Wavelet-based Adaptive-grid Vertically-integrated Ice-model), presented as netCDF files. The model domain is the Amundsen Sea Sector of the West Antarctic Ice sheet, including Pine Island Glacier, Thwaites Glacier and the ice streams that flow into the Crossen and Dotson Ice Shelves. The simulations start from initialised states representing approximately the year 2015 and are run for 150 years into the future. The WAVI model is a publicly available open source model written in Julia (Bradley et al., 2024). The initialised states are computed in the Matlab version of WAVI, following methods in Arthern et al. (2015) and Arthern and Williams (2017). These simulations were produced by the authors to study the effects of spatial model resolution and basal melt rates on projections of sea level contribution from this region.

Funding was provided by NERC Feasibility Study Grant (Ref: 2021DTUC3Hosking) and ITGC THHWAITES-MELT (NE/S006656/1).

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01810
Date (Publication)
2024-12-23
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01810
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre - Williams, C. R., Arthern, R., & Byrne, J.
High Cross, Madingley , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown Unknown
Keywords
  • NDGO0001
NERC OAI Harvesting
  • NERC_DDC
GCMD Parameter Valids
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Growth/Melt
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Sea Level Rise
BAS Free-text keywords
  • Amundsen Sea
  • ITGC
  • WAVI
  • ice flow
  • simulations
Use limitation
Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
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Other constraints
Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Elevation
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
  • Imagery base maps earth cover
  • Inland waters
  • Oceans
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Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Protocol
http
Name
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Function
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Domain consistency

Measure identification
INSPIRE / Conformity_001

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Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No
Statement
The initialisation algorithm used was evaluated on idealised test cases as described by Arthern and Gudmundsson (2010). Arthern et al (2015) shows maps of discrepancy between model velocity and satellite derived velocity, and histograms of the differences between model elevation changes and elevation changes derived using satellite altimetry. The WAVI.jl package has standard tests to check the performance of the code. These are documented in WAVI.jl/test. A value of -9999 indicates there are no data there.
File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01810 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2024-12-23
Metadata standard name
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Dataset URI
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01810
 
 

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