Impact of Greenland melt on ocean temperature during the 21st century, 2006-2100

In this project, we use the GFDL (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory) ESM2b (Earth system model developed at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory of NOAA) climate model to investigate ocean/ice sheet interactions and feedbacks around Greenland, with a focus on the effect of the meltwater on ocean temperature. We perform the 21st century projections under two RCP (Representative Concentration Pathway) emission scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5). The estimated meltwater fluxes are imposed around Greenland for 2006-2100. The data are the simulated ocean temperatures in response to the RCP scenarios and Greenland melt. The 21st century projections with and without Greenland melt have been carried out. See Bakker et al. (2016) in GRL (Geophysical Research Letters) for details. The data and experiments are a collaboration with student and colleague. The dataset includes five NetCDF files. thetao.historical.1986-2005.nc is the simulated ocean temperature during 1986-2005 in the historical simulation. thetao.rcp45.2081-2100.nc is the projected ocean temperature during 2081-2100 under the RCP4.5 scenario without the effect of Greenland melt. thetao.rcp45_GrIS.2081-2100.nc is the projected ocean temperature during 2081-2100 under the RCP4.5 scenario with the effect of Greenland melt. thetao.rcp85.2081-2100.nc is the projected ocean temperature during 2081-2100 under the RCP8.5 scenario without the effect of Greenland melt. thetao.rcp85_GrIS.2081-2100.nc is the projected ocean temperature during 2081-2100 under the RCP8.5 scenario with the effect of Greenland melt.