Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-3279-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-3279-2024
Development and technical paper
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26 Apr 2024
Development and technical paper |  | 26 Apr 2024

A comprehensive Earth system model (AWI-ESM2.1) with interactive icebergs: effects on surface and deep-ocean characteristics

Lars Ackermann, Thomas Rackow, Kai Himstedt, Paul Gierz, Gregor Knorr, and Gerrit Lohmann

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Ackermann, L.: LarsAckermann GMD Iceberg 2023 – model output CTL, Zenodo [data set], https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10017868, 2023a. a
Ackermann, L.: LarsAckermann GMD Iceberg 2023 – model output ICB, Zenodo [data set], https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10017840, 2023b. a
Ackermann, L.: LarsAckermann GMD Iceberg 2023 – model output ICBFW, Zenodo [data set], https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10018019, 2023c. a
Ackermann, L.: LarsAckermann GMD Iceberg 2023 – model output ICBHF, Zenodo [data set], https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10018131, 2023d. a
Ackermann, L.: LarsAckermann GMD Iceberg 2023 – model output SPINUP, Zenodo [data set], https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10018425, 2023e. a
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We present long-term simulations with interactive icebergs in the Southern Ocean. By melting, icebergs reduce the temperature and salinity of the surrounding ocean. In our simulations, we find that this cooling effect of iceberg melting is not limited to the surface ocean but also reaches the deep ocean and propagates northward into all ocean basins. Additionally, the formation of deep-water masses in the Southern Ocean is enhanced.
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