Documentation of the PMIP models (Bonfils et al. 1998)


Table 6 : Orography

The table lists the prescribed orography for control, 6k and 21k.(for 21k, both the ice sheet extent and the surface elevation change compared to the present day).
 
 
 
 
 
Orography
0fix and 6fix
21fix
0cal
21cal
bmrc
[AMIP]
-
-
-
ccc2.0
GatNel
[PMIP] 
GatNel
[PMIP]
ccm1
-
-
GatNel
Peltier(21k)
ccm3
[AMIP]
-
-
-
ccsr1
ETOPO5
[PMIP]
-
-
climber2
schematic
-
schematic
Schematic
cnrm-2
[AMIP]
-
-
-
csiro
GatNel
-
-
-
echam3
[AMIP]
[PMIP] 
-
-
gen1
-
-
GatNel
[PMIP]
gen2
US Navy ?FNOC?
[PMIP] 
US Navy ?FNOC?
[PMIP]
gfdl
[AMIP]
[PIMP]
[AMIP]
[PMIP]
giss-iip
ETOPO5
Peltier(21k)
-
-
lln_nh_1
Peltier(0k)
-
Peltier(0k)
[PMIP]
lmcelmd4
[AMIP]
[PMIP]
[AMIP]
[PMIP]
lmcelmd5
[AMIP]
[PMIP]
-
-
mri2
[AMIP]
[PMIP]
[AMIP]
[PMIP]
msu
-
[PMIP] 
-
-
ugamp
[AMIP]
[PMIP] 
[AMIP]
[PMIP]
uiuc11
GatNel
-
-
-
ukmo
[AMIP]
-
[AMIP]
[PMIP]
yonu
GatNel
-
-
-

 
 
 

GatNel = Gates and Nelson (1975)

ETOPO5 = ETOPO5 dataset National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration /

National Geophysical Data Center, 1989

UCLA = University of California at Los Angeles

[AMIP] = US Navy 10'x10' dataset (Joseph, 1980)

Peltier(0k) = Peltier's Actual data (1994)

Peltier(21k) = Peltier's Last Glacial Maximum data (1994)

[PMIP] = Peltier (21k) - Peltier(0k) + orog(used for control run)

US Navy ?FNOC? = Kineman, 1985


Last update November 9, 1998. For further information, contact: Céline Bonfils (pmipweb@lsce.ipsl.fr )