Articles | Volume 12, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-2255-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-2255-2019
Model experiment description paper
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12 Jun 2019
Model experiment description paper |  | 12 Jun 2019

Assessment of sub-shelf melting parameterisations using the ocean–ice-sheet coupled model NEMO(v3.6)–Elmer/Ice(v8.3)

Lionel Favier, Nicolas C. Jourdain, Adrian Jenkins, Nacho Merino, Gaël Durand, Olivier Gagliardini, Fabien Gillet-Chaulet, and Pierre Mathiot

Model code and software

NEMO-Elmer/Ice Coupling Framework, version 1.1 Nicolas Jourdain, Lionel Favier, and Nacho Merino https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2562838

NEMO setup, version Feb-2019 Nicolas Jourdain, Lionel Favier, and Nacho Merino https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2562731

Elmer/Ice setup, version 1.2 Lionel Favier, Nicolas Jourdain, and Nacho Merino https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2563156

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Short summary
The melting at the base of floating ice shelves is the main driver of the Antarctic ice sheet current retreat. Here, we use an ideal set-up to assess a wide range of melting parameterisations depending on oceanic properties with regard to a new ocean–ice-sheet coupled model, published here for the first time. A parameterisation that depends quadratically on thermal forcing in both a local and a non-local way yields the best results and needs to be further assessed with more realistic set-ups.