Open Data & Models

    Economic cost of precipitation changes
    Computing the impact precipitation changes on economic growth

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    ° Numerical code & all data
    ° Specific data for figures in paper

    Related publication:
    M. Kotz, A. Levermann, L. Wenz The effect of rainfall changes on economic production
    Nature 601 (2022), 223-227, doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04283-8.
    » Supplementary material.
    » Data and Code.
    » Press release.
    » Highlighted in Nature.
    » Highlighted by AGU.
    » EndNote entry


    Economic cost of temperature changes
    Computing the impact temperature changes on economic growth

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    ° Numerical code & all data
    ° Specific data for figures in paper

    Related publication:

    M. Kotz, L. Wenz, A. Stechemesser, M. Kalkuhl, A. Levermann
    Day-to-day temperature variability reduces economic growth
    Nature Climate Change 11 (2021), doi 10.1038/s41558-020-00985-5.
    » Press release.
    » Highlighted in Nature (2021).
    » Highlighted in Nature Sustainability (2021).
    » EndNote entry
    M. Kotz, L. Wenz, A. Levermann
    Footprint of greenhouse forcing in daily temperature variability
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (2021), e2103294118, doi 10.1073/pnas.2103294118.
    » BibTex entry - EndNote entry


    Larmip-2
    21st century projections of Antarctica's sea level contribution

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    ° Numerical code for projections
    ° Data including projection ensemble and ice sheet response functions

    Related publication:
    A. Levermann, R. Winkelmann, T. Albrecht, H. Goelzer, N.R. Golledge, R. Greve, P. Huybrechts, J. Jordan, G. Leguy, D. Martin, M. Morlighem, F. Pattyn, D. Pollard, A. Quiquet, C. Rodehacke, H. Seroussi, J. Sutter, T. Zhang, J. Van Breedan, R. Calov, R. DeConto, Ch. Dumas, J. Garbe, G.H. Gudmundsson, M.J. Hoffman, A. Humbert, T. Kleiner, W. Lipscomb, M. Meinshausen, E. Ng, S.M.J. Nowicki, M. Perego, S.F. Price, F. Saito, N.J. Schlegel, S. Sun, R.S.W. van de Wal
    Projecting Antarctica’s contribution to future sea level rise from basal ice-shelf melt using linear response functions of 16 ice sheet models (LARMIP-2)
    Earth System Dynamics (2020) 35-76, doi 10.5194/esd-11-35-2020..


    Acclimate
    Economic model for damage propagation along the global supply network
    (The model is myopic on a daily time scale with profit-optimizing producers and utility-optimizing consumers)

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    ° Numerical code of the acclimate model

    Related publications (selection):
    C. Otto, S. N. Willner, L. Wenz, K. Frieler, A. Levermann,
    Modeling loss-propagation in the global supply network: The dynamic agent-based model acclimate
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 83 (2017), 232-269, doi: 10.1016/j.jedc.2017.08.001.
    S.N. Willner, C. Otto, A. Levermann
    Global economic response to river floods
    Nature Climate Change (2018), 594–598, doi: 10.1038/s41558-018-0173-2.
    » Supplementary information
    » Animation of simulation
    » Video explaining the main result
    » Highlighted in Nature Climate Change (2018).
    K. Kuhla, S.N. Willner, C. Otto, T. Geiger, A. Levermann,
    Ripple resonance amplifies economic welfare loss from weather extremes
    Environmental Research Letters 16 (2021), doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac2932.
    » Press release.
    R. Middelanis, S.N. Willner, C. Otto, K. Kuhla, A. Levermann,
    Wave-like global economic ripple response to Hurricane Sandy
    Environmental Research Letters 16 (2021), 124049, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac39c0.
    R. Middelanis, S.N. Willner, C. Otto, A. Levermann,
    Economic losses from hurricanes cannot be nationally offset under unabated warming
    Environmental Research Letters 17 (2022), doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac90d8.
    » Press release.
    K. Kuhla, S.N. Willner, C. Otto, A. Levermann
    Resilience of International Trade to Typhoon-Related Supply Disruptions
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2023), ssrn: 4014484, accepted.


    Sea-level projections
    Global sea level projections constraint by observations and long-term commitment

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    ° Numerical code for projections for arbitrary warming path
    ° Calibration data

    Related publication:
    M. Mengel, A. Levermann, K. Frieler, A. Robinson, B. Marzeion, R. Winkelmann
    Future sea-level rise constrained by observations and long-term commitment
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 113 (2016), 2597-2602, doi:10.1073/pnas.1500515113.
    » Online illustration for different carbon emission scenarios


    Parallel Ice Sheet Model - PISM
    State-of-the-Art ice sheet model for Antarctica, Greenland and paleo-ice sheets

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    ° Numerical code of the ice sheet model
    ° Data and documentation for the model

    Related publications (selection):
    R. Winkelmann, M.A. Martin, M. Haseloff, T. Albrecht, E. Bueler, C. Khroulev, A. Levermann
    The Potsdam Parallel Ice Sheet Model (PISM-PIK), Part I: Model Description
    The Cryosphere 5 (2011), 715-726.
    R. Winkelmann, A. Levermann, M.A. Martin, K. Frieler
    Increased future ice discharge from Antarctica owing to higher snowfall
    Nature 492 (2012), 239-242.
    M. Mengel & A. Levermann
    Ice plug prevents irreversible discharge from East Antarctica
    Nature Climate Change 4 (2014), doi 10.1038/nclimate2226.
    » Highlighted in Nature 509 (2014), 136, doi:10.1038/509136c.
    J. Feldmann & A. Levermann
    Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet after local destabilization of the Amundsen Basin
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (2015), no. 46, 14191-14196, DOI 10.1073/pnas.1512482112.
    » Animation of collapse:
       » fast collapse after long melt phase (short version of ice thinning) & (short version of ice velocity).
       » fast collapse after long melt phase (long version of ice thinning) & (long version of ice velocity).
       » slow collapse after short melt phase (long version of ice thinning) & (long version of ice velocity).
    » Highlighted in Nature 510 (2015), doi 10.1038/nature.2015.18688.
    » Highlighted in Science 350 (2015), doi 10.1126/science.aad7382.
    J. Kingslake, R.P. Scherer, T. Albrecht, J. Coenen, R.D. Powel, R. Reese, N.D. Stansell, S. Tulaczyk, M.G. Wearing, P.L. Whitehouse
    Extensive retreat and re-advance of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Holocene
    Nature 558 (2018), 430-434.
    J. Feldmann, A. Levermann, M. Mengel
    Stabilizing the West Antarctic Ice Sheet by surface mass deposition
    Science Advances 5 (2019), doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw4132.
    J. Garbe, T. Albrecht, A. Levermann, J.F. Donges, R. Winkelmann
    The Hysteresis of the Antarctic Ice Sheet
    Nature 585 (2020), 538-544.


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