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Data description paper |
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A high-resolution pan-Arctic meltwater discharge dataset from 1950 to 2021
Adam Igneczi
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Bristol Glaciology Centre, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Jonathan Louis Bamber
Bristol Glaciology Centre, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Department of Aerospace and Geodesy, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Freshwater from Arctic land ice loss strongly affects the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans. Datasets describing this freshwater discharge have low resolution and do not cover the entire Arctic. We statistically enhanced coarse-resolution climate model data – from approximately 6 km to 250 m – and routed meltwater towards the coastlines to provide high-resolution data covering all Arctic regions. This approach has far fewer computational requirements than running climate models at high resolution.
Freshwater from Arctic land ice loss strongly affects the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans....
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