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This mask should be prescribed using the data provided in [[target.nc|file.nc]] where the ''sftlf'' variable is 0 (%) over the ocean and 100 (%) over land. | This mask should be prescribed using the data provided in [[target.nc|file.nc]] where the ''sftlf'' variable is 0 (%) over the ocean and 100 (%) over land. | ||
- | If this proves difficult for a modelling group, the **__minimum__** implementation is to: | + | Make sure that the ocean model configuration keeps the following straits open: |
- | * fill in the Hudson Bay and the Barents sea, which were covered by the main northern hemisphere ice-sheets. | + | |
- | * close the Bering Strait (by changing the land-sea mask locally or imposing zero flux on water and sea-ice across the Bering Strait). | + | |
- | * make sure that the ocean model configuration keeps the following straits open: | + | |
* Denmark Strait (between Greenland and Iceland). | * Denmark Strait (between Greenland and Iceland). | ||
* Gibraltar Strait. | * Gibraltar Strait. | ||
* Indonesian Throughflow (ITF). | * Indonesian Throughflow (ITF). | ||
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+ | The provided land-sea mask includes a Caspian Sea as defined, conservatively, by its modern day contour (the -29 m iso-altitude in this region in ICE-6G v2.0). | ||
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+ | If implementing the land-sea mask proves difficult for a modelling group, the **__minimum__** implementation is to: | ||
+ | * fill in the Hudson Bay and the Barents sea, which were covered by the main northern hemisphere ice-sheets. | ||
+ | * close the Bering Strait (by changing the land-sea mask locally or imposing zero flux on water and sea-ice across the Bering Strait). | ||
=== Land surface elevation === | === Land surface elevation === | ||
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=== Ocean bathymetry === | === Ocean bathymetry === | ||
- | The mean sea-level change corresponding to the ice-sheet reconstruction to be used in the PMIP3 LGM experiment is approximatively NNN m. A more complete description of the change in bathymetry can be computed from the Peltier [[https://pmip3.lsce.ipsl.fr/under_construction_ask_jy|ICE-6G v2.0 reconstruction]]. | + | The mean sea-level change corresponding to the ice-sheet reconstruction to be used in the PMIP3 LGM experiment is approximatively 116 m. A more complete description of the change in bathymetry can be computed from the Peltier [[https://pmip3.lsce.ipsl.fr/under_construction_ask_jy|ICE-6G v2.0 reconstruction]]. |
The ocean bathymetry will be adapted by each group, depending on the flexibility of their ocean model. | The ocean bathymetry will be adapted by each group, depending on the flexibility of their ocean model. |