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From greve at lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp  Thu Aug  3 15:26:57 2017
From: greve at lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp (Ralf Greve)
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 15:26:57 +0200
Subject: [SICOPOLIS:56] Release of SICOPOLIS version 3.3
Message-ID: <646ba139-29c9-95f9-b22a-fafe3b4c07bb@lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp>

Dear colleagues,

it is my pleasure to announce that the official version 3.3 of the 
ice-sheet model SICOPOLIS (SImulation COde for POLythermal Ice Sheets) 
has been released today.

The main new features are:

  - Complete modularisation of the code
  - InitMIP-Antarctica and InitMIP-Greenland experiments
  - Ice discharge parameterisation for Greenland
  - Basal hydrology by flux-routing scheme
      (not released as free and open-source software yet!)
  - "Hidden-ablation" (mass balance accounting) scheme
  - Improved stability of the SIA/SStA hybrid scheme

For more details see the commit logs at 
<http://tinyurl.com/commit-logs-sico> (revisions 667-1099). A great 
thanks to the fellow developers who contributed to these features!

On the SICOPOLIS website <http://www.sicopolis.net/> you will find 
further information, downloading instructions and documentation. Please 
note also the mailing lists (under "Support"). Feedbacks are of course 
welcome, and I'll be happy to help in case of problems that may come up 
when using the program.

Best regards,

Ralf

-- 
Dr. Ralf Greve
Professor, Glacier and Ice Sheet Research
Institute of Low Temperature Science
Hokkaido University
Kita-19, Nishi-8, Kita-ku
Sapporo 060-0819, Japan
Phone: (+81)-(0)11-706-6891
greve at lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp
http://wwwice.lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp/~greve/

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