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Ice Sheet System Model Historic Box Run

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DOI

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Short Name

ISSMHistoricBox

Description

The Ice Sheet System Model - Greenland Ice Sheet forward run 1979-2012, forced with Jason Box historical estimates of surface mass balance. Prior to the run, the model is relaxed for 30,000 years and then forced with monthly surface mass balance from 1840-1978.

Version

1

Measurement

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Processing Level

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Coverage

Greenland

Northernmost Latitude

89.5

Southernmost Latitude

50.5

Westernmost Longitude

-104.5

Easternmost Longitude

49.5

Time Span(s)

January 1, 1979 to December 31, 2012

Resolution

Temporal Resolution

Monthly

Spatial Resolution

1.0 degrees (Latitude) x 1.0 degrees (Longitude)

Projection

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Platform/Sensor

N/A

Project

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Data Provider

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