README for model simulations in Glock et al., 2018, Nature Communications, 9:1217, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03647-5

contact: Christopher Somes, csomes@geomar.de

This directory contains:

1) Model_Simulations
2) UVic2.9_Files


The "Model_Simulations" directory contain the different model simulations used in the paper. Their names correpsond to the model experiments listed in Supplementary Table 2.

Compiled model code used for the simulations is located in the "code" directory of each model simulation. The preprocessing code is in the local "updates" and "UVic2.9_Files/source" and "UVic2.9_Files/updates" directories. The mk.in file lists the priority of directories in which the preprocessing files are chosen for compilation (search below "### source code directories" for the settings in mk.in). The control.in file sets model parameters that are different from values initialized in the code.

Inital conditions and forcing files are located in the local "data" and "UVic2.9_Files/data" directories. The restart file "restart.0####.01.01.nc" provides the model conditions after the spin-up of the model simulations time to more efficiently reach the quasi steady-state conditions used in the paper. Otherwise, set the "init" variable in control.in to ".true." to start from default initial conditions.

The model output "ModelName_model_output.nc" is the annually averaged three dimensional model results in the netcdf format.