Model output and code assessing mechanisms of projected 21st century ocean warming around Greenland, 2015-2019

• Main Author: Christopher Little
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2019
• Subjects: Greenland; climate model; sea level; ocean heat content; SST; Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2KK94C28

This project assessed: (1.) observed and projected mechanisms driving change in large-scale North Atlantic heat content; (2.) sea surface temperature and ocean heat content variability and its relation to surface fluxes in observations and climate models; (3.) the role of Greenland ice sheet mass balance on the large-scale ocean circulation. Findings have been used to drive climate model evaluation efforts and development of methods for sea level projections from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, as part of the Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project (ISMIP6) for Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6). The set of sea level projections that will result from ISMIP6 will provide policy-relevant information to planners and policy-makers seeking to minimize the adverse consequences to people affected by sea-level change, and set the stage for improved projections from future climate model ensembles. This dataset contains links to all data sources and selected code used in course of this project. It is expected to evolve as the results of the ISMIP6 project are published and archived.