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Glaciers_cci. Frank Paul University of Zurich, Switzerland. The Target: Glaciers. Adequacy of the User requirements. Is your URD adequate with GCOS/CMUG requirements? -> Yes of course! (it is based on these documents) We analysed the following sources to determine the UR: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Glaciers_cci

Frank PaulUniversity of Zurich, Switzerland

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The Target: Glaciers

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Adequacy of the User requirements

• Is your URD adequate with GCOS/CMUG requirements?

-> Yes of course! (it is based on these documents)

• We analysed the following sources to determine the UR:• GCOS: 82, 92, 107; CEOS response, IGOS Cryosphere report

• feedback and advice from KSB (WGMS, GLIMS, CMUG)

• questionnaire among CRG and wider glaciological community

• scientific literature

• What did we learn from this analysis?• there is a strong demand to complete the global inventory (GCOS T2.1)

• strong support to also investigate elevation changes and velocity fields

• feedback from the community about ongoing work (to avoid overlap)

• created a new overview of key regions with completeness level

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GCOS requirements (satellite specs.)

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CMUG requirements (satellite specs.)

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Some differences of Glaciers_cci

• Glaciers_cci (the area product) is based on a sensor that is in orbit since 27 years (Landsat TM)

• follow-up sensors have (ETM+) or will have the same spectral characteristics (LDCM, Sentinel 2)

• the main product depends on manual digitization by experts rather than an automated (button press) application

• key to product quality is thus communication and agreement on methodological standards and advice through tutorials

• we do produce in cooperation with the wider GLIMS community a one time snapshot of the global ice cover

• sometimes politically delicate (by location or person)

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The Problem: Debris Cover

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The Problem: Debris Cover

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Selected key regions

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Completeness Level (CL)

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Did the PSD meet the needs of CRG?

• We are currently working on the PSD ...• it will provide an overview of the technical specifications, the error

characteristics and an error budget for all three products

• The short answer is: Yes, they will!• the specifications of the input data sets are largely given, whereas

the requirements for the output products (area / elev. ch. / velocity) differ

• individual CRG members or CMUG require different formats (shape files, GeoTiff, grid, netCDF, resolution, level of detail, completeness, etc.)

• depending on the needs (e.g. spatial resolution) the errors will differ

• CRG member Sven Kotlarski (IAC) will give a short overview on how the glacier area product can be used in RCMs

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The integrated perspective

• How is the the integrated perspective on consistency between the ECVs addressed?

• we will follow the SoW and other CCIs as close as possible (e.g. website)

• our deliverables will have a similar structure than for all other CCIs

• we have a strong commitment to provide products that are relevant for IPCC AR5 and GTN-G

• KSB and climate/hydrological model experts are in our CRG

• we have a direct link to the Landcover_cci (validation data)

• However, the direct interaction with the other CCIs is weak

• We will be cooperative as best as possible!

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Product uncertainties

• at first we will try to assess them (which is not easy)

• a number of round-robin experiments should help to provide improved guidelines for methodological data consistency

• multiple digitizings of the same glacier will give an internal accuracy measure

• comparison with independently created products (area)

• validation with higher accuracy products (LIDAR DEMs)

• application of different methods and ground truth data

• get feedback from the community, open for refinements

• we do not need ECMWF data

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Using Glacier Inventory Datain Regional Climate Modelling

Sven KotlarskiInstitute for Atmospheric and Climate Science

ETH Zurich, Switzerland

A Case Study

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BACKGROUND (1)

• Interactive role of glaciers in the climate system

• Direct and indirect feedback mechanisms

- Static glacier masks

- No changes in ice extent, no feedback to atmosphere

- No consideration of water volume stored

- No / simplified runoff generation

- Exception: Ice sheet models in ESM

• Poor representation in today's climate models:

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BACKGROUND (2)

More sophisticated approach desirable for assessing regional climate change in

glacierized areas and for hydrological analyses in glacierized river basins

• Interactive glacierscheme for regionalclimate modelling(Kotlarski et al., Clim Dyn, 2010)

• Glacier mass balanceand area changes ona subgrid scale

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TILE APPROACH

• two-layer ice body

• V-A-relation

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MODEL SETUP

• 18 km x 18 km

• Forcing: ERA40 (model development and evaluation), ECHAM5-MPI-OM (scenario)

• Glacier inventory data needed for initialization of glacier areas(total area per grid cell, area-altitude distribution) and for model validation

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CHANGE OF GLACIER AREA

Initialisation January 1958Initialisation January 1958

WGIWGI(collection of national (collection of national inventories, scaled to 1958)inventories, scaled to 1958)

End of simulation(December 2003)

- 23.6 %

So far: no Alpine-wide validation possible!

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USING THE 2003 ALPINE GLACIER INVENTORY (1)

1.) Model validation

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USING THE 2003 ALPINE GLACIER INVENTORY (2)

2.) Initializing glacier cover (here: regional climate change scenario)

- 47.4 %

- 74.2 %these scenarios are still initialized withthe simulated glacier cover in 2003!

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ONGOING ...

Application of REMOGLACIER

in Himalayas / Karakorum(MPI-M Hamburg)

Implementation of glacier parameterization scheme into new Canadian RCM CRCM5(Environment Canada / UQAM Montréal)

glacier fraction derived fromGlobCover Land Cover product (on 0.05°)

To be updated bynew inventories

GLIMS inventoryto be completed

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SUMMARY

• Interactive description of mountain glaciers in a state-of-the-artregional climate model

• Glacier inventory data important for both model development and model application (initialization and evaluation)

• Less important: - spatial accuracy and detail

- high temporal resolution

LOOKING FORWARD TO DATA FROM Glaciers_cci …

- completeness

- temporal consistency (snapshots)

- area-altitude distribution

• Main requirements:(URD)

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GRID BOX CROSS SECTION