Articles | Volume 14, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-889-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-889-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Model description paper
| 
11 Feb 2021
Model description paper |
| 11 Feb 2021
| 11 Feb 2021
The Framework For Ice Sheet–Ocean Coupling (FISOC) V1.1
Rupert Gladstone
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
Benjamin Galton-Fenzi
Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
David Gwyther
Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Akvaplan-niva AS, Tromsø, Norway
Tore Hattermann
Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
Energy and Climate Group, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Tromsø – The Arctic University, Tromsø, Norway
Chen Zhao
Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Lenneke Jong
Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
Yuwei Xia
College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Xiaoran Guo
College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Konstantinos Petrakopoulos
Center for Global Sea Level Change, New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Thomas Zwinger
CSC IT Center for Science, Espoo, Finland
Daniel Shapero
Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
John Moore
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Model code and software
The Framework for Ice Sheet - Ocean Coupling (FISOC) v1.1 (Version v1.1) Rupert Gladstone, Chen Zhao, Daniel Shapero, and Xiaoran Guo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4507182
Short summary
Retreat of the Antarctic ice sheet, and hence its contribution to sea level rise, is highly sensitive to melting of its floating ice shelves. This melt is caused by warm ocean currents coming into contact with the ice. Computer models used for future ice sheet projections are not able to realistically evolve these melt rates. We describe a new coupling framework to enable ice sheet and ocean computer models to interact, allowing projection of the evolution of melt and its impact on sea level.
Retreat of the Antarctic ice sheet, and hence its contribution to sea level rise, is highly...
