Articles | Volume 19, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-5531-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-5531-2025
Research article
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11 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 11 Nov 2025

Using observations of surface fracture to address ill-posed ice softness estimation over Pine Island Glacier

Trystan Surawy-Stepney, Stephen L. Cornford, and Anna E. Hogg

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Additional data and code used in the study: "Using observations of surface fracture to address ill-posed ice-softness estimation over Pine Island Glacier" Trystan Surawy-Stepney and Stephen L. Cornford https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13694744

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The speed at which Antarctic ice flows is dependent on its viscosity and the slipperiness of the ice/bedrock interface. Often, these unknown variables are inferred from observations of ice speed. This article presents an attempt to make this difficult procedure easier by making use of additional information in the form of observations of crevasses, which make ice appear less viscous to numerical models. We find in some circumstances that this leads to more appealing solutions to this problem.
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