SICOPOLIS User Manual

Authors

Ralf Greve, Shreyas Sunil Gaikwad

Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Resources
  • 1.2. Authorship
  • 1.3. Legal notes
  • 1.4. Acknowledgements
• 2. Getting started
  • 2.1. Requirements
  • 2.2. Download
  • 2.3. Initial configuration
  • 2.4. Directory structure
  • 2.5. Run-specs header files
  • 2.6. How to run a simulation
  • 2.7. Output files
• 3. Dependencies
  • 3.1. NetCDF
  • 3.2. Lis
• 4. Test simulations
• 5. Plotting and tools
  • 5.1. Plotting
  • 5.2. Make ISMIP output
  • 5.3. Resolution doubler
• 6. Modelling choices
  • 6.1. Model domain, grid and time
  • 6.2. Initial conditions
  • 6.3. Ice dynamics
  • 6.4. Ice thermodynamics
  • 6.5. Ice-thickness evolution
  • 6.6. Flow law
  • 6.7. Flow enhancement factor
  • 6.8. Subglacial processes
  • 6.9. Mass balance accounting
• 7. Climate forcing
  • 7.1. Atmospheric forcing
  • 7.2. Oceanic forcing
• 8. Using automatic differentiation
  • 8.1. Contributors
  • 8.2. Introduction and features
  • 8.3. Installation
  • 8.4. Running SICOPOLIS-AD v2
  • 8.5. Activating variables
  • 8.6. Utilities
  • 8.7. Some FAQs
  • 8.8. Tutorials
  • 8.9. Acknowledgements
• 9. Technical notes
  • 9.1. Building the developer manual
  • 9.2. Orthogonal coordinates on the Earth’s surface
• 10. How to contribute
• 11. Abbreviations and acronyms
• 12. References