Modelling calving front dynamics using a level-set method: application to Jakobshavn Isbræ, West Greenland

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Bondzio, Johannes H., Seroussi, Hélène, Morlighem, Mathieu, Kleiner, Thomas, Rückamp, Martin, Humbert, Angelika, Larour, Eric Y.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: European Geosciences Union 2016
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; glacier; Greenland; Ice Sheet; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/40233/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/40233/1/tc-10-497-2016.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-497-2016; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.47373; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.47373.d001

Calving is a major mechanism of ice discharge of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, and a change in calving front position affects the entire stress regime of marine terminating glaciers. The representation of calving front dynamics in a 2-D or 3-D ice sheet model remains non-trivial. Here, we...