Articles | Volume 11, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-4291-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-4291-2018
Development and technical paper
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19 Oct 2018
Development and technical paper |  | 19 Oct 2018

Dynamic hydrological discharge modelling for coupled climate model simulations of the last glacial cycle: the MPI-DynamicHD model version 3.0

Thomas Riddick, Victor Brovkin, Stefan Hagemann, and Uwe Mikolajewicz

Data sets

Dynamic HD Model Relative Orography Corrections Thomas Riddick https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1326394

Model code and software

MPI-DynamicHD Model Thomas Riddick https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1326547

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Short summary
During the Last Glacial Maximum, many rivers were blocked by the presence of large ice sheets and thus found new routes to the sea. This resulted in changes in the pattern of freshwater discharge into the oceans and thus would have significantly affected ocean circulation. Also, rivers found routes across the vast exposed continental shelves to the lower coastlines of that time. We propose a model for such changes in river routing suitable for use in wider models of the last glacial cycle.