LarsAckermann GMD Iceberg 2023: AWI-ESM2.1 Model Output with Interactive Icebergs

LarsAckermann GMD Iceberg 2023 - model output ICBHF contains model output from the AWI-ESM2.1 Earth system model with interactive icebergs, published by the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung. It includes mean output over 100 model years for 3D ocean temperature and salinity, 2D sea-ice height, and zonal means, plus timeseries over 700 years for global ocean temperature and Antarctic Bottom Water.

Use Cases

• Validate and analyze ocean model performance based on 3D temperature and salinity fields.
• Study long-term trends in Antarctic Bottom Water formation using 700-year timeseries data.
• Investigate sea ice-ocean interactions based on 2D sea-ice height and 3D ocean data.
• Compare zonal mean ocean properties across Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean basins.

Strengths

• Output from a state-of-the-art Earth system model (AWI-ESM2.1) with interactive icebergs.
• Includes long-term timeseries data spanning 700 model years.
• Provides spatially resolved 3D data for ocean temperature, salinity, and vertical velocities.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

Collection Method

Climate simulation output from the AWI-ESM2.1 Earth system model.

Time Range

Model output includes means over 100 years and timeseries over 700 years.

Geography

Global ocean coverage, with zonal means for Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean basins.