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03 Mar 2016
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Modelling calving front dynamics using a level-set method: application to Jakobshavn Isbræ, West Greenland
Johannes H. Bondzio
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven,
Germany
Hélène Seroussi
Jet Propulsion Laboratory – California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Mathieu Morlighem
Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Thomas Kleiner
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven,
Germany
Martin Rückamp
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven,
Germany
Angelika Humbert
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven,
Germany
Faculty 05: Geosciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Eric Y. Larour
Jet Propulsion Laboratory – California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Short summary
We implemented a level-set method in the ice sheet system model. This method allows us to dynamically evolve a calving front subject to user-defined calving rates. We apply the method to Jakobshavn Isbræ, West Greenland, and study its response to calving rate perturbations. We find its behaviour strongly dependent on the calving rate, which was to be expected. Both reduced basal drag and rheological shear margin weakening sustain the acceleration of this dynamic outlet glacier.
We implemented a level-set method in the ice sheet system model. This method allows us to...
