BISICLES ice-sheet model for the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica : ensemble simulations to 2050

BISICLES ice-sheet model simulations for the Amundsen Sea Embayment. Full details of the model set-up and ensemble design are described in the attached manuscript which has been accepted for publication in Journal of Glaciology.<br> In brief, a 213-member ensemble of simulations was created by varying four different model parameters. The parameters are the u0 value in a regularised Coulomb friction law, the rate of imposed thinning of floating ice (∂h/∂t(Ωf)), and scaling factors for sliding and viscosity coefficients (<em>C</em> and ϕ) between 0.9 and 1.1. We attach a summary text file of results, as well as NetCDF files of simulated variables land ice thickness and u and v components of velocity.<br> <strong>ASE2050_bisicles.csv </strong>contains annual (2007 to 2050, columns 5 to 48) sea level equivalent (mm) mass losses of ice from the Pine Island and Thwaites Glacier catchment basins. The parameters, given in columns 1 to 4, respectively, are the u0 (m/a), the rate of imposed thinning of floating ice (m/a), and the scaling factors for sliding and viscosity coefficients.<br> The NetCDF files in <strong>ASE_BISICLES.tar.gz</strong> contain annual (2007 to 2050) simulated output variables for the Amundsen Sea region at a spatial resolution of 1 km, with one file per ensemble member. The variables follow the ISMIP6 naming protocol:<br> (https://www.climate-cryosphere.org/wiki/index.php?title=ISMIP6-Projections-Antarctica#A2.3_Model_output_variables_and_README_file).<br> We include state variables lithk, uvelmean, and vvelmean. Each file is named according to the variable, the simulation parameters, and the resultant 2050 SLE value of ice loss (mm). For example, <strong>lithk_ASE_BISICLES.uj_20.dhfdt_5.C_0.90.phi_0.90.slr_43.06.nc </strong>is the land ice thickness data for simulation u0=20 m/a, ∂h/∂t(Ωf) = 5 m/a, C scaled by 0.9, ϕ scaled by 0.9, and a final SLE of 43.06 mm.