AWI-ESM2.1 Model Output with Interactive Icebergs

Model output from the Earth system model AWI-ESM2.1 includes interactive icebergs. It contains mean values over 100 years and time series over 700 years of ocean temperature, salinity, sea-ice height, and iceberg properties. The dataset was published by Lars Ackermann of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term ocean temperature trends based on global ocean temperature time series.
• Study Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) formation based on AABW time series for the IndoPacific sector.
• Model iceberg freshwater and heat fluxes based on 2D iceberg flux data.
• Investigate ocean stratification based on 3D Väisälä frequency data.
• Track iceberg trajectories based on buoy files containing iceberg velocity, location, and dimension.

Strengths

• Includes multi-century time series data spanning 700 years.
• Provides zonal mean data for three major ocean basins (Atlantic, Pacific, Indian).
• Contains 3D oceanographic variables (temperature, salinity, vertical velocity).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• File formats are unknown, which may affect data accessibility.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Simulation output from the AWI-ESM2.1 Earth system model.

Time Range

Includes mean output over 100 model years and time series over 700 years.

Geography

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