Impact model: GLM-LER

Sector
Lakes (local)
Region
local

GLM (General Lake Model) is a one-dimensional hydrodynamic lake model, employing a flexible vertical layer structure. Vertical layers can merge or split depending on their respective densities and surface mixing is calculated based on an energy balance approach. GLM-LER is the version of GLM that is incorporated in the GLM3r R package, and is run as part of an ensemble by the LakeEnsemblR (LER) package.

Information for the model GLM-LER is provided for the simulation rounds shown in the tabs below. Click on the appropriate tab to get the information for the simulation round you are interested in.

Person responsible for model simulations in this simulation round
Johannes Feldbauer: johannes.feldbauer@tu-dresden.de, 0000-0002-8238-5375, Institute of Hydrobiology, TU Dresden (Germany)
Jorrit Mesman: jorrit.mesman@ebc.uu.se, 0000-0002-4319-260X, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University (Sweden)
Output Data
Experiments: ssp370_2015soc_default, ssp126_2015soc_default, ssp585_2015soc_default, historical_2015soc_default, picontrol_2015soc_default
Climate Drivers: GFDL-ESM4, IPSL-CM6A-LR, MPI-ESM1-2-HR, MRI-ESM2-0, UKESM1-0-LL
Date: 2023-09-27
Basic information
Model Version: GLM-3.1.1
Model Output License: CC0
Model Homepage: https://aed.see.uwa.edu.au/research/models/GLM/
Model License: GPL-3.0
Reference Paper: Main Reference: Hipsey M, Bruce L, Boon C, Busch B, Carey C, Hamilton D, Hanson P, Read J, de Sousa E, Weber M, Winslow L et al. A General Lake Model (GLM 3.0) for linking with high-frequency sensor data from the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON). Geoscientific Model Development,12,473-523,2019
Reference Paper: Other References:
Resolution
Spatial aggregation: lake
Horizontal resolution: The model was applied to specific case study lakes, forced with meteorology for the 0.5 x 0.5 degree grid cell in which the respective lake is located
Vertically resolved: Yes
Number of vertical layers: Layers of fixed thickness, variable per lake
Additional spatial aggregation & resolution information: The original GLM output is generated for layers that vary over time in depth and number of layers. In LakeEnsemblR, these outputs are interpolated to a fixed grid.
Temporal resolution of input data: climate variables: daily
Input data
Simulated atmospheric climate data sets used: MRI-ESM2-0, IPSL-CM6A-LR, MPI-ESM1-2-HR, UKESM1-0-LL, GFDL-ESM4
Other data sets used: Lakes static information
Climate variables: hurs, sfcWind, tas, rlds, rsds, ps, pr
Spin-up
Was a spin-up performed?: Yes
Spin-up design: First year of meteorological forcing was repeated and placed before simulation period. Only exceptions were lakes Kivu (5 years) and Tahoe (30 years), due to their large depth. In these cases, the first 5 years were repeated multiple times, to avoid creating a climatic trend before start of the actual simulation.
Vegetation
Is co2 fertilisation accounted for?: No
Calibration
Was the model calibrated?: Yes
Which years were used for calibration?: All years for which water temperature observations were provided, were used for calibration. This amount differed per lake.
Which dataset was used for calibration?: GSWP3-W5E5