MIPkit-A (MISOMIP2)
Authors: Nakayama, Yoshihiro, Jourdain, Nicolas, van Caspel, Mathias, Timmermann, Ralph, De Rydt, Jan
Type: Dataset
Published: 2026-07-29

<p><strong>Observational data gathered and reprocessed to facilitate the evaluation of ocean and ice-sheet models in the Amundsen Sea sector as part of <a href="https://climate-cryosphere.org/about-15/">MISOMIP2</a>.</strong></p>
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<p>This entire dataset should be cited as: </p>
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<p>the MISOMIP2 MIPkit-A dataset (<a href="../doi/10.5281/zenodo.10062355">http://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10062355</a>) that includes data collected through multiple cruises of Nathaniel B. Palmer (United States Antarctic Program), James C. Ross (British Antarctic Survey and Natural Environment Research Council), Araon (Korea Polar Research Institute), Oden (Swedish Polar Research) and Polarstern (Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany), as well as regridded glaciological data from the MeaSUREs, MeaSUREs ITS_LIVE and CPOM projects</p>
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<p>For more specific use of some of the MIPkit-A data, we encourage people to cite the original data referenced below.</p>
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<p><strong>IceSurfVel_MIPkitA_2000-2019 : annual maps of ice surface velocity</strong></p>
<p>Surface-parallel velocity vectors (in m/year) between 2000 and 2019 are provided on the common MISOMIP2 grid with regular grid spacing of 1 km. Data were calculated as a weighted average of all available Earth observation data from the MeaSUREs project (<a href="https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/nsidc-0545.001">Rignot et al. 2014</a> and <a href="https://doi.org/10.5067/9T4EPQXTJYW9">Mouginot et al. 2017</a>) and MeaSUREs ITS_LIVE project (<a href="http://doi:10.5067">Gardner et al. 2022</a>), with weights corresponding to the inverse square error of the original datasets. Propagated errors and a mask indicating the original data sources for each grid point are also included.</p>
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<p><strong>IceSurfElChange_MIPkitA_1992-2019 : annual maps of surface elevation change</strong></p>
<p>Surface elevation changes (in m) between 1992 and 2019, relative to 16-Dec-2013, are provided on the common MISOMIP2 grid with regular grid spacing of 1 km. Data were calculated as a weighted average of available Earth observation data from CPOM (<a href="../records/8117577">Otosaka al. 2023</a>) and MeaSUREs ITS_LIVE (<a href="https://doi.org/10.5067/L3LSVDZS15ZV">Nilsson et al. 2023</a>) for the grounded ice and MeaSUREs ITS_LIVE data (<a href="https://doi.org/10.5067/SE3XH9RXQWAM">Paolo et al. 2023</a>) for floating ice. Propagated errors and a mask indicating the original data sources for each grid point are also included.</p>
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<p><em><strong>Oce3d_MIPkitA_*</strong></em><strong> : 3-dimensional temperature and salinity (horizontal slices every 100m)</strong></p>
<p>The hydrographic properties provided on horizontal sections at 15 depths come from the CTD measurements obtained during cruises of the following icebreaker research vessels: Nathaniel B. Palmer (United States Antarctic Program), James C. Ross (British Antarctic Survey and Natural Environment Research Council), Araon (Korea Polar Research Institute), Oden (Swedish Polar Research) and Polarstern (Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany). In this MIPkit, we have gathered data for the first months of 1994, 2000, 2007, 2009 (Jacobs, 1994, 2000, 2007, 2009), 2010 (Swedish Polar Research Secretariat 2010; Gohl 2015), 2012 (Kim et al. 2012), 2014 (Heywood 2014; Ha et al. 2014), 2016 (Kim et al. 2016), 2017 (Gohl 2017), 2018 (Kim et al. 2018), 2019 (Larter et al. 2019) and 2020 (Wellner, 2020).</p>
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<p><em><strong>OceSec<n>_MIPkitA_*</strong></em><strong> : vertical sections</strong></p>
<p>The first vertical (<strong>OceSec1</strong>) section where we provide hydrographic data in the Amundsen Sea starts across the continental shelf break and follows the Eastern Pine Island Trough southward until Pine Island Ice Shelf. This section was monitored by the following cruises: N.B. Palmer in January 2009, Polarstern in March 2010 and Araon in February-March 2012 (Jacobs et al. 2011; Gohl 2015; Dutrieux et al. 2014). The second vertical section (<strong>OceSec2</strong>) starts across the continental shelf break and follows the Dotson-Getz Trough southward until the Dotson Ice Shelf. It was monitored by the aforementioned Araon expeditions in 2010–2011 and early 2012 (Kim et al. 2017).</p>
<p>The files <em><strong>OceSec<n>_model_lon_lat.csv</strong></em> contain the coordinates (longitude, latitude) at which model data should be interpolated to be compared to the observational sections.</p>
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<p><em><strong>OceMoor<n>_MIPkitA_*</strong></em><strong> : moorings</strong></p>
<p>The first mooring site (<strong>OceMoor1</strong>) is located near the northern part of the Pine Island ice shelf front (102.07°W, 74.87°S) and captures the thermocline variability from 2012 to 2018 ("iSTAR-8" in NERC iSTAR program, and "pig-n" in NERC Ocean Forcing Ice Change Program). The second mooring site (<strong>OceMoor2</strong>)is located near the southern part of the Pine Island ice shelf front (102.15°W, 75.05°S), was monitored between 2009 and 2016, then in 2019–2020 through the following moorings: "BSR-5" (Buoy Supported Riser; Jacobs 2009), "iSTAR-9" (<a href="https://www.istar.ac.uk">NERC iSTAR Program</a>), and "pig-s" (NERC Ocean Forcing Ice Change Program). This second site experienced a strong deepening of the thermocline in 2012–2013 (Webber et al. 2017), then a more moderate deepening in 2016. These two mooring sites are located only 20 km from each other, show distinct mean thermocline depth and more consistent variability (Joughin et al. 2021).</p>
<p><br>The third mooring observation (<strong>OceMoor3</strong>, "trough-e" in NERC Ocean Forcing Ice Change Program) used in MISOMIP is at the eastern Pine Island trough (102.55°W, 71.33°S). The eastern trough is considered to be the entrance of mCDW reaching the Pine Island Ice Shelf (Jacobs et al. 2011; Nakayama et al. 2013; Webber et al. 2017) but only two years of mooring observation was conducted from 2014-2015 due to important sea ice cover. The fourth mooring site (<strong>OceMoor4</strong>) used in MISOMIP is at the western Pine Island trough (113.05°W, 71.56°S). Several mooring observations were conducted within 2 km of each other, allowing us to observe thermocline variability from 2009 to 2016 with one year gap in 2011: "BSR-12" (Jacobs 2009), "iSTAR-1" (NERC iSTAR Program), and "trough-w" (NERC Ocean Forcing Ice Change Program).</p>
<p>The fifth mooring observation (<strong>OceMoor5</strong>, "mid-shelf" in the NERC Ocean Forcing Ice Change Program) used in MISOMIP2 is at the middle of the eastern Amunsen Sea in the submarine glacial trough connecting open water and Pine Island and Thwaites ice shelves (106.53°W, 73.81°S). Two mooring observations were conducted within a few kilometers of each other, allowing us to observe thermocline variability from 2012 to 2018: "iSTAR-6" (NERC iSTAR Program), and "mid-shelf" (NERC Ocean Forcing Ice Change Program).</p>
<p>The sixth and seventh moorings used in MISOMIP2 are located in the Getz-Dotson trough (<strong>OceMoor6</strong>, 114.99°W, 71.16°S and <strong>OceMoor7</strong>, 118.46°W, 71.96°S). They were originally deployed under the names "BSR-7" and "BSR-14" (Jacobs 2009) and further deployments were conducted by the Korea Polar Research Institute. These mooring observations have been used to study the inflow of warm ocean heat towards the Getz and Dotson ice shelves (Kim 2016, 2017, 2018).</p>
<p>The eighth mooring used in MISOMIP2 is located beneath the Thwaites ice shelf (<strong>OceMoor8</strong>, 104.83°W, 75.21°S) and has been used to study ice shelf cavity environment in 2020--2021 (Davies et al., 2021, 2023).</p>
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<p>The archive <em><strong>example_routines.zip</strong></em> contains example of Matlab routines that were used to prepare the MIPkit-A ocean data, as well as <strong>GenerateData_MIPkit_Ice.m</strong> and <strong>writeNC_MIPkit_Ice.m</strong> that were used to process the MIPkit-A glaciological data.</p>
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<h3>References</h3>
<p>Dutrieux, P., De Rydt, J., Jenkins, A., Holland, P. R., Ha, H. K., Lee, S. H., Steig, E. J., Ding, Q., Abrahamsen, E. P., and Schröder, M.: Strong sensitivity of Pine Island ice-shelf melting to climatic variability, Science, 343, 174–178, 2014.</p>
<p>Gohl, K.: Station list and links to master tracks in different resolutions of POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVI/3, Wellington - Punta Arenas, 2010-01-30 - 2010-04-05, Tech. rep., Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847944">https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847944</a>, 2015.</p>
<p>Gohl, K.: The Expedition PS104 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Amundsen Sea in 2017, Reports on polar and marine research, Tech. rep., Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, <a href="http://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0712_2017">http://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM<strong>_</strong>0712<strong>_</strong>2017</a>, 2017.</p>
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<p>Jacobs, S. S., Jenkins, A., Giulivi, C. F., and Dutrieux, P.: Stronger ocean circulation and increased melting under Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, Nature Geoscience, 4, 519–523, 2011.</p>
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<p>Webber, B. G. M., Heywood, K. J., Stevens, D. P., Dutrieux, P., Abrahamsen, E. P., Jenkins, A., Jacobs, S. S., Ha, H. K., Lee, S. H., and Kim, T. W.: Mechanisms driving variability in the ocean forcing of Pine Island Glacier, Nature Communications, 8, 1–8, 2017.</p>
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