Experimental design for three interrelated marine ice sheet and ocean model intercomparison projects: MISMIP v. 3 (MISMIP +), ISOMIP v. 2 (ISOMIP +) and MISOMIP v. 1 (MISOMIP1)

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2471-2497

  Asay Davis, Xylar S ^a   Cornford, Stephen L ^b   Durand, Gaël ^c,d   Galton Fenzi, Benjamin K ^e,f   Gladstone, Rupert M ^f,g   Hilmar Gudmundsson, G ^h   Hattermann, Tore ^i,j   Holland, David M ^k   Holland, Denise ^l   Holland, Paul R ^h   Martin, Daniel F ^m   Mathiot, Pierre ^h,n   Pattyn, Frank ^o   Seroussi, Hélène ^p  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^f ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^j ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^k NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^m LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁿ MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^p CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL MELTING; DESIGN METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDING LINE; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDEWATER GLACIER; TOPOGRAPHY;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; PINE ISLAND GLACIER; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84980347752     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-9-2471-2016     Document Type: Article

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