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Simulations of Antarctic Ice Sheet sensitivity to climate and ocean forcing for a suite of Antarctic palaeotopographies
We present steady-state ice thickness, bed elevation, and ice surface elevation output from simulations of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) on a suite of reconstructed Antarctic palaeotopographies using the DeConto and Pollard (DP16) ice sheet model. Ice surface mass balance inputs were provided using the GENESIS v3.0 global atmosphere general circulation model coupled to a 50 m slab ocean model, which provides boundary meteorology for the RegCM3 regional climate model. Three climate/ocean scenarios were simulated: (1) cold climate orbital parameters, preindustrial CO2 levels (280 ppm) and modern ocean temperatures, (2) a subsequent shift to warm climate orbital parameters, an increase in CO2 levels to 500 ppm, and a 5 deg C ocean temperature rise, and (3) as for (2), but with CO2 levels increased to 840 ppm. The steady-state simulations were performed on a suite of reconstructed Antarctic palaeotopographies pertaining to the following four time slices: (1) the Eocene-Oligocene boundary (EOB; ca. 34 Ma), (2) the Oligocene-Miocene boundary (OMB, ca. 23 Ma), (3) the mid-Miocene (MM; ca. 14 Ma), and (4) the mid-Pliocene (MP; ca. 3.5 Ma). Simulations were performed for minimum, median, and maximum end-member topographies, and equivalent simulations were run on the modern (ice-free) Antarctic bed topography for comparison. Further details are given in the accompanying publication. For more information, please contact G. Paxman.
Funding was provided by NERC Ph.D. studentship NE/L002590/1.
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- 2020-10-08
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- Please cite this item as: Paxman, G., Gasson, E., Jamieson, S., Bentley, M., & Ferraccioli, F. (2020). Simulations of Antarctic Ice Sheet sensitivity to climate and ocean forcing for a suite of Antarctic palaeotopographies (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/d67a07a8-becc-419d-99f7-5578928461ca
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- EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
- EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance
- EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography
- EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets
- EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Paleoclimate Reconstructions
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- Antarctic Ice Sheet
- climate change
- ice sheet sensitivity
- landscape evolution
- palaeotopography
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DATA REFERENCE
Paxman, G., Gasson, E., Jamieson, S., Bentley, M., & Ferraccioli, F. (2020). Simulations of Antarctic Ice Sheet sensitivity to climate and ocean forcing for a suite of Antarctic palaeotopographies (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/D67A07A8-BECC-419D-99F7-5578928461CA
LITERATURE REFERENCE
Paxman, G. J. G., Gasson, E. G. W., Jamieson, S. S. R., Bentley, M. J., Ferraccioli, F. 2020. Long-term increase in Antarctic Ice Sheet vulnerability driven by bed topography evolution. Geophysical Research Letters (in press).
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Model output were produced using the DeConto and Pollard (2016) ice sheet model (version DP16).
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DeConto and Pollard (2016) ice sheet model (version DP16).
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The ice sheet model output reflect quasi-equilibrium conditions and are gridded at 10 km horizontal resolution. The ice sheet model includes parameterisations for the marine ice cliff failure and marine ice shelf hydrofracture processes. Full asynchronous coupling feedback between the regional climate model and the ice sheet model is not performed; the ice sheet extent in the regional climate model was kept constant.
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