The CryoGrid community model (version 1.0) – a multi-physics toolbox for climate-driven simulations in the terrestrial cryosphere

Westermann, Sebastian; Ingeman-Nielsen, Thomas; Scheer, Johanna; Aalstad, Kristoffer; Aga, Juditha; Chaudhary, Nitin; Etzelmüller, Bernd; Filhol, Simon; Kääb, Andreas; Renette, Cas; Schmidt, Louise Steffensen; Schuler, Thomas Vikhamar; Zweigel, Robin B.; Martin, Léo; Morard, Sarah; Ben-Asher, Matan; Angelopoulos, Michael; Boike, Julia; Groenke, Brian; Miesner, Frederieke; Nitzbon, Jan; Overduin, Paul; Stuenzi, Simone M.; Langer, Moritz

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-2607-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-2607-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-2607-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 9

Model description paper

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15 May 2023

Model description paper |

| 15 May 2023

The CryoGrid community model (version 1.0) – a multi-physics toolbox for climate-driven simulations in the terrestrial cryosphere

Sebastian Westermann, Thomas Ingeman-Nielsen, Johanna Scheer, Kristoffer Aalstad, Juditha Aga, Nitin Chaudhary, Bernd Etzelmüller, Simon Filhol, Andreas Kääb, Cas Renette, Louise Steffensen Schmidt, Thomas Vikhamar Schuler, Robin B. Zweigel, Léo Martin, Sarah Morard, Matan Ben-Asher, Michael Angelopoulos, Julia Boike, Brian Groenke, Frederieke Miesner, Jan Nitzbon, Paul Overduin, Simone M. Stuenzi, and Moritz Langer

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-2607-2023-supplement

Data sets

Measurements in soil and air at Bayelva Station Julia Boike, Inge Juszak, Stephan Lange, Sarah Chadburn, Eleanor J. Burke, Pier Paul Overduin, Kurt Roth, Olaf Ippisch, Niko Bornemann, Lielle Stern, Isabelle Gouttevin, Ernst Hauber, and Sebastian Westermann https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.880120

ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach, B. Bell, P. Berrisford, G. Biavati, A. Horányi, J. Muñoz Sabater, J. Nicolas, C. Peubey, R. Radu, I. Rozum, D. Schepers, A. Simmons, C. Soci, D. Dee, and J.-N. Thépaut https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47

ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47

Model code and software

Parameter files and code for simulations in "The CryoGrid community model - a multi-physics toolbox for climate-driven simulations in the terrestrial cryosphere" (GMD-2022-127) Sebastian Westermann https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6522424

Short summary

The CryoGrid community model is a new tool for simulating ground temperatures and the water and ice balance in cold regions. It is a modular design, which makes it possible to test different schemes to simulate, for example, permafrost ground in an efficient way. The model contains tools to simulate frozen and unfrozen ground, snow, glaciers, and other massive ice bodies, as well as water bodies.