Antarctic surface mass balance with the regional climate model MAR (1979–2015)
Creators
- 1. Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (IPSL/CEA-CNRS-UVSQ UMR 8212), CEA Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- 2. F.R.S.-FNRS, Laboratory of Climatology, Department of Geography, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium
Description
Outputs of the regional climate model MAR v3.6.41 for Antarctica, resolution 35km + source code
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Cécile Agosta, 23 Jan 2019
cecile.agosta@gmail.com
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Grid specifications are given in MAR-ant35km-grid.nc (projection : EPSG 3031).
* State variables are averages of daily means:
TT > temperature (°C)
ZZ > height above sea level (m)
UU, VV > x-wind and y-wind in the stereographic grid (m s-1)
UV > wind speed (m s-1)
State variables ending with z (e.g. UUz) are interpolated on fixed altitude levels above the ground.
State variables ending with p (e.g. UUp) are interpolated on fixed pressure levels.
* SMB components are summed: kg m-2 month-1 for montly files, kg m-2 year-1 for annual files, kg m-2 year-1 for clim files
snf > snowfall
rnf > rainfall
rof > run-off
sbl > sublimation/condensation
smb = snf + rnf - sbl - rof
mlt > snowmelt
rfz > refreezing
If you use this data, please cite the final accepted version of this article:
Agosta C., Amory C., Kittel C., Orsi A., Favier V., Gallée H., van den Broeke M.R., Lenaerts J.T., van Wessem J.M., & Fettweis X. (in review, 2018). Estimation of the Antarctic surface mass balance using MAR (1979-2015) and identification of dominant processes. The Cryosphere Discussions, 1–22, doi:10.5194/tc-2018-76.
Please contact me if you need other outputs (variables/daily or hourly time steps)
Files
MARv3.6.4-Antarctica.zip
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References
- Agosta C., Amory C., Kittel C., Orsi A., Favier V., Gallée H., van den Broeke M.R., Lenaerts J.T., van Wessem J.M., & Fettweis X. (in review, 2018). Estimation of the Antarctic surface mass balance using MAR (1979-2015) and identification of dominant processes. The Cryosphere Discussions, 1–22, doi:10.5194/tc-2018-76.