Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4021-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4021-2023
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18 Sep 2023
Research article |  | 18 Sep 2023

Reconciling ice dynamics and bed topography with a versatile and fast ice thickness inversion

Thomas Frank, Ward J. J. van Pelt, and Jack Kohler

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Since the ice thickness of most glaciers worldwide is unknown, and since it is not feasible to visit every glacier and observe their thickness directly, inverse modelling techniques are needed that can calculate ice thickness from abundant surface observations. Here, we present a new method for doing that. Our methodology relies on modelling the rate of surface elevation change for a given glacier, compare this with observations of the same quantity and change the bed until the two are in line.