Projects by PISM Users

PISM has a growing user community. The figure above, and this page, lists some known users. If your PISM-based project is not listed here, and you want it to be, please let us know by filling out the Optional User Registration form or by sending an e-mail to (help@pism-docs.org).

Simulations of the present and future states of the Antarctic ice sheet, and model modifications to improve whole-marine-ice-sheet modeling, including Winkelmann et al. (2011), Martin et al. (2011), Levermann (2011), Winkelmann and Levermann (2012), and Winkelmann et al. (2012).

Investigators:

• Maria Martin (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research = PIK)
• Ricarda Winkelmann (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research = PIK)
• Anders Levermann (PIK)

Models for Antarctic ice shelves with dynamically-evolving calving fronts, including Larsen, Ross, and Ronne-Filchner ice shelves, including Albrecht et al. (2011), Albrecht and Levermann (2012), and Levermann et al. (2012).

Investigators:

• Torsten Albrecht (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany = PIK)
• Anders Levermann (PIK)

Studies of the extent of the Greenland ice sheet during the Pliocene and Pleistocene glaciations and the transition from glacial to interglacial conditions, and analysis of multiple states in different climates including Solgaard et al. (2011), Solgaard and Langen (2012), and Langen et al. (2012).

Investigators:

• Anne Solgaard, Centre for Ice and Climate, U. Copenhagen
• Peter Langen, Centre for Ice and Climate, U. Copenhagen

Simulations of the Laurentide ice sheet, Heinrich events, and other LGM ice sheets using a modified version of PISM coupled to the MPI general circulation model ECHAM5. Posters:

• Laurentide Ice Sheet surging as modeled with PISM (4 Mb PDF), EGU 2010,
• Simulating Heinrich Events in a Complex Climate Model (2 Mb PDF), EGU 2011
• LGM ice sheets simulated with a complex fully coupled ice sheet – climate model (6 Mb PDF), EGU 2012.

Investigators:

• Florian Ziemen (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg = MPI)
• Christian Rodehacke, MPI
• Andreas Chlond, MPI
• Uwe Mikolajewicz, MPI

Simulations of the New Zealand Southern Alps icefield at the Last Glacial Maximum (circa 30,000-20,000 years ago) in an attempt to constrain the climate of that period, including Golledge et al. (2012).

Investigators:

• Nick Golledge (Antarctic Research Centre of the Victoria University of Wellington = VUW)

Models for tide-water glacier Nordenskiöldbreen and ice cap Austfonna, and for simplified glacier surge events, including van Pelt and Oerlemans (2012).

Investigators:

• Ward Van Pelt ( Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht = IMAU)

Simulation of the glaciation of the North American Cordillera under various climates colder than today. See results and a poster updated January 2013.

Investigators:

• Julien Seguinot at INK, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary, Stockholm University

Development of tools and examples for basin-by-basin “regional” application of PISM to the Greenland ice sheet. Here is a PDF poster from AGU 2011, and a PDF thesis is here.

Investigators:

• Dani Della Giustina (Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks = UAF)
• Constantine Khroulev (Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks = UAF)
• Andy Aschwanden (Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, UAF)

Mathematical techniques and scalable implementations for inverting observed surface velocities, including Habermann et al. (2012). The goal is to have basal resistance fields which are compatible with properly spun-up states, and generate better forecasts.

Investigators:

• Marijke Habermann (Dept. of Geology and Geophysics and Geophysical Institute, UAF)
• David Maxwell (Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, UAF)
• Martin Truffer (Dept. of Physics and Geophysical Institute, UAF)

See the poster presented at EGU 2012 (Vienna), the poster presented at IGS 2012 (Fairbanks), and the video for the latter.

Investigators:

• Antje Fitzner (Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark)

At the Danish Climate Centre, Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), Copenhagen Denmark, PISM is being coupled with regional and global climate models. This project uses the high resolution regional climate model HIRHAM5 to model the Greenland ice sheet, focusing on the next 200 years. This work is supported by the EU FP7 project ice2sea (www.ice2sea.eu), and it contributes climate simulations to the Greenland Climate Research Centre.

Investigators:

• Ruth Mottram
• Philippe Lucas-Picher
• Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen
• Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir

This work is supported by the EU FP7 project COMBINE (http://www.combine-project.eu/)

Investigators:

• Shuthing Yang
• Marianne Sloth Madsen
• Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir

The Antarctic Research Centre is using PISM to study Antarctic ice sheet behaviours during key periods of the past, particularly the LGM and the mid-Pliocene, including Golledge et al. (2012). Click here for 10Mb PDF poster presented at INQUA (Bern) 2011 and at the SCAR International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES; Edinburgh) 2011 meetings.

Investigators:

• Nick Golledge (Antarctic Research Centre of the Victoria University of Wellington = VUW)
• Kevin Buckley (Engineering and Computing Science, University of Wellington)

Investigators:

• Malou Maris ( Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht = IMAU)

Investigators:

• Stewart Jamieson (Durham University, UK)
• Pippa Whitehouse (Durham University, UK)