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Research article
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09 Nov 2017
Research article |
| 09 Nov 2017
Ice shelf fracture parameterization in an ice sheet model
Sainan Sun
Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, 100082, Beijing, China
Stephen L. Cornford
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography, College of Science, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
John C. Moore
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, 96101, Finland
College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, 100082, Beijing, China
Rupert Gladstone
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, 96101, Finland
Liyun Zhao
College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, 100082, Beijing, China
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Short summary
The buttressing effect of the floating ice shelves is diminished by the fracture process. We developed a continuum damage mechanics model component of the ice sheet model to simulate the process. The model is tested on an ideal marine ice sheet geometry. We find that behavior of the simulated marine ice sheet is sensitive to fracture processes on the ice shelf, and the stiffness of ice around the grounding line is essential to ice sheet evolution.
The buttressing effect of the floating ice shelves is diminished by the fracture process. We...
