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Output from a numerical model of the ocean beneath Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica

This dataset contains output from a hydrodynamic model of the ocean in the Larsen C Ice Shelf (LCIS) cavity and a nearby area of the western Wedell Sea. Simulations were run using the MITgcm numerical ocean model and included an ice shelf with steady thickness. A new LCIS bathymetry was used in the simulations, referred to as the ''Brisbourne'' bathymetry. The data provided here includes these geometry grids and ocean velocity and basal melt rate fields output from the final year of an arbitrary 10-year simulation, or a 6-month extension run. Calculated marine ice fields beneath the ice shelf based on the simulation''s melt rate results are also included. In addition, output from several simulations using different initial and boundary ocean temperature conditions and runs with different cavity geometries are also provided.

This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council and the EnvEast Doctoral Training Partnership [grant number NE/L002582/1] and PICCOLO [grant number NE/P021395/1].

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01605
Date (Publication)
2022-02-02
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01605
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  Polar Data Centre,Natural Environment Research Council,UK Research & Innovation - Harrison, Lianne
High Cross, Madingley , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Maintenance and update frequency
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Keywords
  • NDGO0001
NERC OAI Harvesting
  • NERC_DDC
GCMD Parameter Valids
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Environment Monitoring
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Growth/Melt
BAS Free-text keywords
  • Ice shelf-ocean interactions
  • Larsen C Ice Shelf
  • Marine ice
  • Model validation
  • Ocean warming experiments
Use limitation
Data released under Open Government Licence V3.0: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
Access constraints
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Other constraints
Data released under Open Government Licence V3.0: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
Distance
approx. 1/50 degree, ~2  km
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Oceans
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Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
OnLine resource
https://github.com/lianneharrisonBAS/LCIS_paper
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification
INSPIRE / Conformity_001

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Explanation
See the referenced specification
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No
Statement
No special comments
File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01605 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2022-02-02
Metadata standard name
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Dataset URI
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01605
 
 

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