Europa_ice_shell

Code and data for the paper:

Temporal Changes in Europa's Ice Shell Thickness: Insights From Models of Convection
Ji-Ching Chen (Livia), Frédéric Deschamps, Wen-Pin Hsieh
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 131, e2024JE008928 (2026)
DOI: 10.1029/2024JE008928
Data & Code archive: zenodo.org/records/15572984

Repository Structure

Folder	Description
DATA/	Dataset used in the numerical simulations
INPUT/	Input files required to run the model
python_CODE/	Python scripts for generating the figures in the paper
TM_CODE/	Fortran source code for the thermal evolution model

Usage

1. Compile the thermal evolution code in TM_CODE/
2. Run simulations using input files in INPUT/
3. Output data will be saved to DATA/
4. Use scripts in python_CODE/ to reproduce the figures

Authors

• Ji-Ching Chen (Livia) — Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica; Caltech
• Frédéric Deschamps — Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica
• Wen-Pin Hsieh — Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica