FAMOUS

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Coupling to the Glimmer Ice Sheet Model

FAMOUS can be run coupled to the Glimmer Ice Sheet Model, using code developed by Jeff Cole, Taro Hosoe and Oli Browne (and probably others). This is not currently part of any standard release (not least because it doesn’t really make sense for Reading to start handing out ice-sheet models we have no expertise in!) but we are planning a “Glimmer-ready” version of FAMOUS that can take advantage of your local Glimmer install.

That version only works with MOSES1 FAMOUS, and relies on an old version of Glimmer and a rather non-ideal annual PDD scheme for the coupling. Current work is focusing on incorportaing the new JULES multilayer snow scheme into FAMOUS, along with subgridscale hypsometry to allow the new Glimmer-CISM versions to be forced directly with surface-mass balance from a climate model - watch this space.

Page last modified on August 16, 2011, at 10:59 AM by robin