A moving-point approach to model shallow ice sheets: a study case with radially symmetrical ice sheets

Bonan, B.; Baines, M. J.; Nichols, N. K.; Partridge, D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1-2016

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

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15 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 15 Jan 2016

A moving-point approach to model shallow ice sheets: a study case with radially symmetrical ice sheets

B. Bonan, M. J. Baines, N. K. Nichols, and D. Partridge

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RC C1785: 'my review', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Oct 2015
- AC C2392: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Bertrand Bonan, 27 Nov 2015
RC C1864: 'Review of "A moving point approach to model shallow ice sheets: a study case with radially-symmetrical ice sheets" by Bonan et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Oct 2015
- AC C2393: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Bertrand Bonan, 27 Nov 2015

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AR by Bertrand Bonan on behalf of the Authors (27 Nov 2015) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (08 Dec 2015) by Frank Pattyn

AR by Bertrand Bonan on behalf of the Authors (11 Dec 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This paper introduce a moving-point approach to model the flow of ice sheets. This particular moving-grid numerical approach is based on the conservation of local masses. This allows the ice sheet margins to be tracked explicitly. A finite-difference moving-point scheme is derived and applied in a simplified context (1-D). The conservation method is also suitable for 2-D scenarios. This paper is a first step towards applications of the conservation method to realistic 2-D cases.