Ice Sheets Antarctica CCI - CMUG - May 2015 Antarctica CCI (Photo: A. Hogg, Pine Island Glacier 2014)
Ice Sheets Antarctica CCI - CMUG - May 2015
Antarctica CCI
(Photo: A. Hogg, Pine Island Glacier 2014)
Ice Sheets Antarctica CCI - CMUG - May 2015
1.Project Overview2.User Requirements3.AIS_cci Products4.AIS_cci Team5.Climate Research Group6.CMUG in Antarctica7.Data Portals
Overview
Ice Sheets Antarctica CCI - CMUG - May 2015
1.Project Overview
• Project Kick Off - 1st April 2015
• Started as Phase 2 CCI project
• Builds on Phase 1 achievements of Greenland Ice Sheet CCI project
• User and product requirements for Antarctic CCI project
determined by 4 month scoping study in 2014
• Algorithms and systems ported from Greenland CCI Phase 1
Ice Sheets Antarctica CCI - CMUG - May 2015
2. User Requirements
• User survey widely advertised on social media and CryoList
• 164 respondents
• Median expertise >10 years and wide range of disciplines
• Focus product generation on ice sheet margins
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Completedsurvey
Gave personaldetails
(optional)
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Level of survey completion
AIS_cci Survey Responses
9
44
59
64
90
0 20 40 60 80 100
Other (please specify)
Interior regions of the ice…
Key ice streams
Ice Shelves
Margin/coastal region of…
Number of respondents
Region of special interest
Ice Sheets Antarctica CCI - CMUG - May 2015
• Spatial and temporal resolution defined
• Regions of interest & priority defined
• Product specification defined
• Long term records are desired
• Highest priority products are MB, SEC, IV and GLL
• Significant demand for all products
2. Requirements Summary
Ice Sheets Antarctica CCI - CMUG - May 2015
3. Surface Elevation Change
SEC
ProductFormat
Gridded
EO InputData E1/E2, EV, CS2
TemporalRange
1992 –
TemporalFrequency
monthly
SpatialCoverage
Antarctica
SpatialResolution
5km grid
Ice Sheets Antarctica CCI - CMUG - May 2015
2015 S-1
3. Ice Velocity
WAIS and APIS Ice Stream
ProductFormat
Gridded Gridded
EO InputData
E1, E2, EV, R1,
TSX, S1
E1, E2, EV, R1,
TSX, S1
TemporalRange
1992 – 1992 –
TemporalFrequency
decadal annual
SpatialCoverage
WAIS and APIS20 key icestreams
SpatialResolution
500m grid 500m grid
Ice Sheets Antarctica CCI - CMUG - May 2015
3. Grounding Line
Grounding Line
ProductFormat
Shapefile
EO InputData
E1, E2, EV, R1,
TSX, S1
TemporalRange
1992 –
TemporalFrequency
decadal
SpatialCoverage
5-10 key icestreams
SpatialResolution
250m line
Ice Sheets Antarctica CCI - CMUG - May 2015
3. Gravimetry Mass Balance
GMB - Gridded GMB - Basin
ProductFormat
Gridded Per-basin
EO InputData GRACE GRACE
TemporalRange
2002 – 2002 –
TemporalFrequency
monthly monthly
SpatialCoverage
Antarctica Antarctica
SpatialResolution
100m grid Drainage basin
Ice Sheets Antarctica CCI - CMUG - May 2015
GMB - Gridded GMB - Basin
ProductFormat
Gridded Per-basin
EO InputData GRACE GRACE
TemporalRange
2002 – 2002 –
TemporalFrequency
monthly monthly
SpatialCoverage
Antarctica Antarctica
SpatialResolution
100m grid Drainage basin
Gravimetry Mass Balance
3. Gravimetry Mass Balance
Ice Sheets Antarctica CCI - CMUG - May 2015
5. Climate Research Group
Partner Organisation Country Competence Role
D. VaughanBritish Antarctic
SurveyUK Glaciology CRG Lead
A. LeBroqUniversity of
ExeterUK
Ice SheetModelling
CRG Member(Antarctica)
M. R. vanden Broeke
University ofUtrecht
Netherlands Climate modellingCRG Member(Antarctica)
H. HellmerAlfred Wegener
InstituteGermany
Ice Sheet- Oceanmodelling
CRG Member(Antarctica)
E. Schrama TU Delft Netherlands GravimetryCRG Member (AIS &
GrIS)