For a fuller description of the paper itself, go to the end of this web page.
Each simulation published in this paper corresponds to a unique 5 or 6 character code on the web pages.
The following table lists the name of the simulation as used in the paper, and the corresponding code name
The webpage gives you the ability to examine the published simulations, but you can also download the raw (netcdf) files to perform your own analysis. Detailed instructions on how to use the webpages and access the data can be found here: Using_BRIDGE_webpages.pdf
There are a lot of simulations going into this paper but they are grouped around two sequences, one using orbital and greenhouse gas forcing and the second also including ice sheets and land sea changes.
You can have make you own analysis and plots by going here
| Simulation Name as in Paper | Simulation name on web pages |
|---|---|
| Pre-Industrial HadCM3, M2.1 control simulation | tdbya |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1),ice replaced with soil & rebounded orog | tdbyb |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1),ice replaced with broadleaf tree & rebounded orog | tdbyc |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1),ice replaced with needleleaf tree & rebounded orog | tdbyd |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1),ice replaced with C3 grass & rebounded orog | tdbye |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1),ice replaced with C4 grass & rebounded orog | tdbyf |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1),ice replaced with shrub & rebounded orog | tdbyg |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1),ice replaced with soil & modern topg | tdbyh |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1),ice replaced with broadleaf tree & modern topg | tdbyi |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1),ice replaced with needleleaf & modern topg | tdbyj |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1),ice replaced with needleleaf tree & modern topg | tdbyk |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1),ice replaced with C3 grass & modern topg | tdbyl |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1), ice replaced with C4 grass & modern topg | tdbym |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1),ice replaced shrub & modern topg | tdbyn |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1), with ice and rebounded orog | tdbyo |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1), with ice and rebounded orog | tdbyp |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1), ice replaced with needleleaf tree & reboudned orog but roughness length set to value for ice | tdbyq |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1) control with equilibrium TRIFFID on | tdbyr |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1), ice replaced with soil & rebounded orog with equilibirum TRIFFID on | tdbys |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1), ice replaced with needleleaf tree & rebounded orog with equilibirum TRIFFID on | tdbyt |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1) control continued from equilibirum TRIFFID control now with dynamic TRIFFID on | tdbyu |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1) control continued from equilibirum TRIFFID ice replaced with soil & rebounded orog now with dynamic TRIFFID on | tdbyv |
| Pre-industrial HadCM3 (M2.1) control continued from equilibirum TRIFFID ice replaced with needleaf tree & rebounded orog now with dynamic TRIFFID on |
This paper presents a number of experiments using HadCM3 to test the sensitivity of Greenland ice sheet regrowth to vegetation feedbacks under preindustrial conditions. 12 experiments with present day and rebounded topgraphy are performed with bare soil, C3 grasses, C4 grasses, shrubs, broadleaf trees and needleleaf trees. two further experiments are run where vegetation type is predicted over an ice-free Greenland initiated from bare soil and needleleaf trees.
| Name | Stone et al |
|---|---|
| Brief Description | This paper presents a number of experiments using HadCM3 to test the sensitivity of Greenland ice sheet regrowth to vegetation feedbacks under preindustrial conditions. 12 experiments with present day and rebounded topgraphy are performed with bare soil, C3 grasses, C4 grasses, shrubs, broadleaf trees and needleleaf trees. two further experiments are run where vegetation type is predicted over an ice-free Greenland initiated from bare soil and needleleaf trees. |
| Full Author List | E. J. Stone, D. J. Lunt |
| Title | The role of vegetation feedbacks on Greenland glaciation |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal | Climate Dynamics |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 2671-2686 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00382-012-1390-4 |
| Contact's Name | Emma Stone |
| Contact's email | Emma.j.stone@bristol.ac.uk |
| Abstract | The role of vegetation feedbacks for the process of ice-sheet evolution could potentially be important in realistically modeling the past and future evolution of the Greenland ice-sheet. We use a fully coupled atmosphere–ocean model to assess the response of the climate when the Greenland ice-sheet is replaced with a number of fixed vegetation types (bare soil, broadleaf and needleleaf trees, C3 and C4 grasses and shrubs) in conjunction with loaded and unloaded bedrock orography. These sensitivity experiments show that albedo changes dominate the climate response during the summer months while temperature changes during winter are attributed to altitude change and changes in atmospheric circulation over Greenland. Snow-free summers occur for all fixed vegetation types, except for high altitude eastern regions for bare soil. We perform further simulations with dynamic vegetation resulting in dominant shrub coverage over central and southern Greenland with grasses supported in the north. Ice-sheet modeling shows significant regrowth of the Greenland ice-sheet can occur for a bare soil surface type, dependent on ice-sheet model parameters, while Greenland remains almost ice-free for needleleaf tree coverage. Furthermore, a realistically vegetated Greenland can only support a small amount of ice-sheet regrowth implying multi-stability of the Greenland ice-sheet under a preindustrial climate. This study highlights the importance of considering vegetation climate ice-sheet interactions, and uncertainty in ice-sheet model parameters. |