The DOE E3SM v1.2 Cryosphere Configuration: Description and Simulated Antarctic Ice‐Shelf Basal Melting

• Published in: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
• Main Authors: Darin Comeau, Xylar S. Asay‐Davis, Carolyn Branecky Begeman, Matthew J. Hoffman, Wuyin Lin, Mark R. Petersen, Stephen F. Price, Andrew F. Roberts, Luke P. Van Roekel, Milena Veneziani, Jonathan D. Wolfe, Jeremy G. Fyke, Todd D. Ringler, Adrian K. Turner
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2022
• Subjects: ice‐shelf/ocean interaction; ice‐shelf basal melting; Physical geography; GB3-5030; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Antarctic; Ronne Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002468; https://doaj.org/article/f3bc5f0a41c3480e9cf06e59919e37f8

Abstract The processes responsible for freshwater flux from the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS), ice‐shelf basal melting and iceberg calving, are generally poorly represented in current Earth System Models (ESMs). Here we document the cryosphere configuration of the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy...