Comparison of ice dynamics using full-Stokes and Blatter–Pattyn approximation: application to the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream
Full-Stokes (FS) ice sheet models provide the most sophisticated formulation of ice sheet flow. However, their applicability is often limited due to the high computational demand and numerical challenges. To balance computational demand and accuracy, the so-called Blatter–Pattyn (BP) stress regime i...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:56072 2023-05-15T16:21:25+02:00 Comparison of ice dynamics using full-Stokes and Blatter–Pattyn approximation: application to the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream Rückamp, Martin Kleiner, Thomas Humbert, Angelika 2022 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/56072/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/56072/1/Rueckamp_et_al_2022.pdf https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/1675/2022/ https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.6d6301c5-3cf5-45e8-9157-3f37adec406b https://hdl.handle.net/ unknown COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/56072/1/Rueckamp_et_al_2022.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/ Rückamp, M. orcid:0000-0003-2512-7238 , Kleiner, T. orcid:0000-0001-7825-5765 and Humbert, A. orcid:0000-0002-0244-8760 (2022) Comparison of ice dynamics using full-Stokes and Blatter–Pattyn approximation: application to the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream , Cryosphere, 16 , pp. 1675-1696 . doi:10.5194/tc-16-1675-2022 <https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1675-2022> , hdl:10013/epic.6d6301c5-3cf5-45e8-9157-3f37adec406b EPIC3Cryosphere, COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH, 16, pp. 1675-1696, ISSN: 1994-0416 Article isiRev 2022 ftawi https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1675-2022 2022-05-15T23:10:21Z Full-Stokes (FS) ice sheet models provide the most sophisticated formulation of ice sheet flow. However, their applicability is often limited due to the high computational demand and numerical challenges. To balance computational demand and accuracy, the so-called Blatter–Pattyn (BP) stress regime is frequently used. Here, we explore the dynamic consequences of using simplified approaches by solving FS and the BP stress regime applied to the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. To ensure a consistent comparison, we use one single ice sheet model to run the simulations under identical numerical conditions. A sensitivity study to the horizontal grid resolution (from 12.8 to a resolution of 0.1 km) reveals that velocity differences between the FS and BP solution emerge below ∼ 1 km horizontal resolution and continuously increase with resolution. Over the majority of the modelling domain both models reveal similar surface velocity patterns. At the grounding line of the 79∘ North Glacier the simulations show considerable differences whereby the BP model overestimates ice discharge of up to 50 % compared to FS. A sensitivity study to the friction type reveals that differences are stronger for a power-law friction than a linear friction law. Model differences are attributed to topographic variability and the basal drag, in which neglected stress terms in BP become important. Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Greenland The Cryosphere 16 5 1675 1696 |
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Full-Stokes (FS) ice sheet models provide the most sophisticated formulation of ice sheet flow. However, their applicability is often limited due to the high computational demand and numerical challenges. To balance computational demand and accuracy, the so-called Blatter–Pattyn (BP) stress regime is frequently used. Here, we explore the dynamic consequences of using simplified approaches by solving FS and the BP stress regime applied to the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. To ensure a consistent comparison, we use one single ice sheet model to run the simulations under identical numerical conditions. A sensitivity study to the horizontal grid resolution (from 12.8 to a resolution of 0.1 km) reveals that velocity differences between the FS and BP solution emerge below ∼ 1 km horizontal resolution and continuously increase with resolution. Over the majority of the modelling domain both models reveal similar surface velocity patterns. At the grounding line of the 79∘ North Glacier the simulations show considerable differences whereby the BP model overestimates ice discharge of up to 50 % compared to FS. A sensitivity study to the friction type reveals that differences are stronger for a power-law friction than a linear friction law. Model differences are attributed to topographic variability and the basal drag, in which neglected stress terms in BP become important. |
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Rückamp, Martin Kleiner, Thomas Humbert, Angelika |
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Rückamp, Martin Kleiner, Thomas Humbert, Angelika Comparison of ice dynamics using full-Stokes and Blatter–Pattyn approximation: application to the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream |
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Rückamp, Martin Kleiner, Thomas Humbert, Angelika |
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Comparison of ice dynamics using full-Stokes and Blatter–Pattyn approximation: application to the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream |
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Comparison of ice dynamics using full-Stokes and Blatter–Pattyn approximation: application to the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream |
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Comparison of ice dynamics using full-Stokes and Blatter–Pattyn approximation: application to the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream |
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Comparison of ice dynamics using full-Stokes and Blatter–Pattyn approximation: application to the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream |
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Comparison of ice dynamics using full-Stokes and Blatter–Pattyn approximation: application to the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream |
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comparison of ice dynamics using full-stokes and blatter–pattyn approximation: application to the northeast greenland ice stream |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/56072/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/56072/1/Rueckamp_et_al_2022.pdf https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/1675/2022/ https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.6d6301c5-3cf5-45e8-9157-3f37adec406b https://hdl.handle.net/ |
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EPIC3Cryosphere, COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH, 16, pp. 1675-1696, ISSN: 1994-0416 |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/56072/1/Rueckamp_et_al_2022.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/ Rückamp, M. orcid:0000-0003-2512-7238 , Kleiner, T. orcid:0000-0001-7825-5765 and Humbert, A. orcid:0000-0002-0244-8760 (2022) Comparison of ice dynamics using full-Stokes and Blatter–Pattyn approximation: application to the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream , Cryosphere, 16 , pp. 1675-1696 . doi:10.5194/tc-16-1675-2022 <https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1675-2022> , hdl:10013/epic.6d6301c5-3cf5-45e8-9157-3f37adec406b |
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