Calculations of Velocity and Temperature in a Polar Glacier using the Finite-Element Method

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Hooke, Roger LeB., Raymond, Charles F., Hotchkiss, Richard L., Gustafson, Robert J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1979
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Barnes Ice Cap; Ice cap; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000014696; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000014696

Abstract Numerical methods based on quadrilateral finite elements have been developed for calculating distributions of velocity and temperature in polar ice sheets in which horizontal gradients transverse to the flow direction are negligible. The calculation of the velocity field is based on a varia...