Dataset
FAMOUS-BISICLES simulation data with interactive Northern Hemisphere ice sheets (21ka and 140ka)
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2025-03-25
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2025-03-24
DOI Publication Date: 2025-03-24
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 485 Files | 52GB
Abstract
This dataset contains model inputs and outputs from ensembles of simulations and sensitivity tests performed by FAMOUS-BISICLES of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; 21 kilo annum before present (ka BP)) and the Penultimate Glacial Maximum (PGM; 140 ka BP), as used in the publication Patterson et al., 2025 (https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3896).
These data were used to explore the sensitivity of the ice sheets to uncertain model parameters. The output of 120 ensemble members varying climate and ice sheet model parameters for each of the LGM and PGM are included as well as the results of sensitivity tests varying the spatial resolution and till water drainage rate. These simulations were created using the atmospheric general circulation model FAMOUS coupled to the BISICLES ice sheet model under LGM and PGM climate boundary conditions, including greenhouse gas concentrations and orbital parameters outlined in the PMIP4 (Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project - Phase 4) protocols (Kageyama et al., 2017 and Menviel et al., 2019).
Citable as: Patterson, V.; Gregoire, L.; Ivanovic, R.; Gandy, N.; Cornford, S.; Owen, J.; Sherriff-Tadano, S.; Smith, R. (2025): FAMOUS-BISICLES simulation data with interactive Northern Hemisphere ice sheets (21ka and 140ka). NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 24 March 2025. doi:10.5285/4ce75927eab444b89b5439e33ecf1a80. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/4ce75927eab444b89b5439e33ecf1a80
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Penultimate Glacial Maximum, Last Glacial Maximum, Ensemble, Uncertainty quantification, Sobol sensitivity analysis, FAMOUS-ice, BISICLES
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Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
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Data were generated using the FAMOUS atmosphere model coupled to the BISICLES ice sheet model. The BISICLES model outputs data every year over the 5000 ice sheet year simulations in hdf5 files. Data were selected every 10th year and converted to netCDF format then concatenated into a timeseries file. FAMOUS output a data field every month over the 500 climate year simulations which were converted to netCDF format and concatenated into timeseries data. The data were then archived at CEDA. |
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Data are as given by the data provider, no quality control has been performed by the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).
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net-CDF
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
| Title | FAMOUS Climate model |
| Abstract | FAMOUS (FAst Met Office/UK Universities Simulator) is an ocean-atmosphere general circulation model of low resolution, based on version 4.5 of the UK MetOffice Unified Model. |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
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Co-ordinate Variables
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Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
0001-01-01T00:00:00
End time:
9999-12-31T00:00:00
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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180.0000° |
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-90.0000° |
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