GRANTSISM: An Excel™ ice sheet model for use in introductory Earth science courses
GRANTISM (GReenland and ANTarctic Ice Sheet Model) is an educational Excel™ model introduced by Pattyn (2006). Here, GRANTISM is amended to simulate the Svalbard-Barents-Sea Ice Sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum, an analogue for the contemporary West Antarctic Ice Sheet. A new name, “GRANTSISM,”...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:46630 2023-05-15T13:45:21+02:00 GRANTSISM: An Excel™ ice sheet model for use in introductory Earth science courses Kirchner, Nina van Dongen, Eef Gowan, Evan J. Pattyn, Frank Noormets, Riko Jakobsson, Martin Ingólfsson, Ólafur 2018-02-23 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/46630/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/46630/1/Kirchner_et_al_2018_GRANTSISM_An_Excel_ice_sheet_model_for_use_in_introductory_Earth_science_courses.pdf https://doi.org/10.1080/10899995.2018.1412177 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.32dbedbc-f2ff-425a-a0d5-d5ac5723eff8 https://hdl.handle.net/ unknown https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/46630/1/Kirchner_et_al_2018_GRANTSISM_An_Excel_ice_sheet_model_for_use_in_introductory_Earth_science_courses.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/ Kirchner, N. , van Dongen, E. , Gowan, E. J. orcid:0000-0002-0119-9440 , Pattyn, F. , Noormets, R. , Jakobsson, M. and Ingólfsson, Ó. (2018) GRANTSISM: An Excel™ ice sheet model for use in introductory Earth science courses , Journal of Geoscience Education, pp. 1-12 . doi:10.1080/10899995.2018.1412177 <https://doi.org/10.1080/10899995.2018.1412177> , hdl:10013/epic.32dbedbc-f2ff-425a-a0d5-d5ac5723eff8 EPIC3Journal of Geoscience Education, pp. 1-12, ISSN: 1089-9995 Article peerRev 2018 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1080/10899995.2018.1412177 2021-12-24T15:43:41Z GRANTISM (GReenland and ANTarctic Ice Sheet Model) is an educational Excel™ model introduced by Pattyn (2006). Here, GRANTISM is amended to simulate the Svalbard-Barents-Sea Ice Sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum, an analogue for the contemporary West Antarctic Ice Sheet. A new name, “GRANTSISM,” is suggested; the added S represents Svalbard. GRANTSISM introduces students of bachelor's or master's programs in Earth sciences (first or second cycle program in the Bologna system for higher education), but with little or no background in numerical modeling, to basic ice sheet modeling. GRANTSISM provides hands-on learning experiences related to ice sheet dynamics in response to climate forcing, and fosters understanding of processes and feedbacks. GRANTSISM was successfully used in noncompulsory courses in which students have been able to reproduce paleo-ice sheet evolution scenarios discussed here as examples. Students progressed further by designing, developing, and analyzing their own modeling scenarios. Here, we describe GRANTSISM and report on how learning activities with GRANTSISM were assessed by students who had no prior experience in ice sheet modeling. The response rate for a noncompulsory survey of the learning activity was less than 40%. A subsequent control experiment with a compulsory survey, however, showed the same patterns of answers, so the student response is considered representative. First, GRANTSISM is concluded to be a highly attractive tool to introduce learners with an interest in ice sheet behavior to ice sheet modeling. Second, it triggers an interest for more in-depth learning experiences related to numerical ice sheet modeling. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Barents Sea Greenland Ice Sheet Sea ice Svalbard Svalbard-Barents Sea Ice sheet Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Antarctic Svalbard Barents Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet Greenland Journal of Geoscience Education 66 2 109 120 |
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GRANTISM (GReenland and ANTarctic Ice Sheet Model) is an educational Excel™ model introduced by Pattyn (2006). Here, GRANTISM is amended to simulate the Svalbard-Barents-Sea Ice Sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum, an analogue for the contemporary West Antarctic Ice Sheet. A new name, “GRANTSISM,” is suggested; the added S represents Svalbard. GRANTSISM introduces students of bachelor's or master's programs in Earth sciences (first or second cycle program in the Bologna system for higher education), but with little or no background in numerical modeling, to basic ice sheet modeling. GRANTSISM provides hands-on learning experiences related to ice sheet dynamics in response to climate forcing, and fosters understanding of processes and feedbacks. GRANTSISM was successfully used in noncompulsory courses in which students have been able to reproduce paleo-ice sheet evolution scenarios discussed here as examples. Students progressed further by designing, developing, and analyzing their own modeling scenarios. Here, we describe GRANTSISM and report on how learning activities with GRANTSISM were assessed by students who had no prior experience in ice sheet modeling. The response rate for a noncompulsory survey of the learning activity was less than 40%. A subsequent control experiment with a compulsory survey, however, showed the same patterns of answers, so the student response is considered representative. First, GRANTSISM is concluded to be a highly attractive tool to introduce learners with an interest in ice sheet behavior to ice sheet modeling. Second, it triggers an interest for more in-depth learning experiences related to numerical ice sheet modeling. |
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Kirchner, Nina van Dongen, Eef Gowan, Evan J. Pattyn, Frank Noormets, Riko Jakobsson, Martin Ingólfsson, Ólafur |
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GRANTSISM: An Excel™ ice sheet model for use in introductory Earth science courses |
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GRANTSISM: An Excel™ ice sheet model for use in introductory Earth science courses |
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GRANTSISM: An Excel™ ice sheet model for use in introductory Earth science courses |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/46630/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/46630/1/Kirchner_et_al_2018_GRANTSISM_An_Excel_ice_sheet_model_for_use_in_introductory_Earth_science_courses.pdf https://doi.org/10.1080/10899995.2018.1412177 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.32dbedbc-f2ff-425a-a0d5-d5ac5723eff8 https://hdl.handle.net/ |
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Antarctic Svalbard Barents Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet Greenland |
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Antarc* Antarctic Barents Sea Greenland Ice Sheet Sea ice Svalbard Svalbard-Barents Sea Ice sheet |
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EPIC3Journal of Geoscience Education, pp. 1-12, ISSN: 1089-9995 |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/46630/1/Kirchner_et_al_2018_GRANTSISM_An_Excel_ice_sheet_model_for_use_in_introductory_Earth_science_courses.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/ Kirchner, N. , van Dongen, E. , Gowan, E. J. orcid:0000-0002-0119-9440 , Pattyn, F. , Noormets, R. , Jakobsson, M. and Ingólfsson, Ó. (2018) GRANTSISM: An Excel™ ice sheet model for use in introductory Earth science courses , Journal of Geoscience Education, pp. 1-12 . doi:10.1080/10899995.2018.1412177 <https://doi.org/10.1080/10899995.2018.1412177> , hdl:10013/epic.32dbedbc-f2ff-425a-a0d5-d5ac5723eff8 |
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