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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-8333-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-8333-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Development and technical paper
| 
07 Nov 2025
Development and technical paper |
| 07 Nov 2025
| 07 Nov 2025
Datasets and protocols for including anomalous freshwater from melting ice sheets in climate simulations
Gavin A. Schmidt
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, USA
Kenneth D. Mankoff
Autonomic Integra LLC, New York, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, USA
Jonathan L. Bamber
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Dept of Aerospace and Geodesy, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
Clara Burgard
Laboratoire d’Océanographie et du Climat Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN), Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IRD/MNHN, Paris, France
Dustin Carroll
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San José State University, Moss Landing, CA, USA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
David M. Chandler
NORCE Norwegian Centre, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Violaine Coulon
Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Benjamin J. Davison
School of Geography and Planning, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Matthew H. England
Centre for Marine Science and Innovation (CMSI), University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS), University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
Paul R. Holland
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
Nicolas C. Jourdain
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Qian Li
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32304, USA
Juliana M. Marson
Centre for Earth Observation Science, Dept. of Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Pierre Mathiot
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Clive R. McMahon
IMOS Animal Tagging, Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Mosman, 2088, Australia
Twila A. Moon
National Snow and Ice Data Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Ruth Mottram
Danish Meteorological Institute, Sankt Kjelds Gade 3, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
Sophie Nowicki
Department of Earth Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Anna Olivé Abelló
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Andrew G. Pauling
Department of Physics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Thomas Rackow
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Bonn, Germany
Damien Ringeisen
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia Climate School, New York, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, USA
now at: Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis (CCCma), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Data sets
Freshwater sources from Antarctica and Greenland Ken Mankoff et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16876858
Model code and software
NASA-GISS/freshwater-forcing-workshop: v1.0.0 Ken Mankoff et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16876845
Short summary
The impact of increasing mass loss from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets has not so far been included in historical climate model simulations. This paper describes the protocols and data available for modeling groups to add this anomalous freshwater to their ocean modules to better represent the impacts of these fluxes on ocean circulation, sea ice, salinity and sea level.
The impact of increasing mass loss from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets has not so far...
