Benchmarking the vertically integrated ice-sheet model IMAU-ICE (version 2.0)
Ice-dynamical processes constitute a large uncertainty in future projections of sea-level rise caused by anthropogenic climate change. Improving our understanding of these processes requires ice-sheet models that perform well at simulating both past and future ice-sheet evolution. Here, we present v...
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ftcopernicus:oai:publications.copernicus.org:gmd98502 2023-05-15T16:39:47+02:00 Benchmarking the vertically integrated ice-sheet model IMAU-ICE (version 2.0) Berends, Constantijn J. Goelzer, Heiko Reerink, Thomas J. Stap, Lennert B. Wal, Roderik S. W. 2022-07-21 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5667-2022 https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/15/5667/2022/ eng eng doi:10.5194/gmd-15-5667-2022 https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/15/5667/2022/ eISSN: 1991-9603 Text 2022 ftcopernicus https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5667-2022 2022-07-25T16:22:41Z Ice-dynamical processes constitute a large uncertainty in future projections of sea-level rise caused by anthropogenic climate change. Improving our understanding of these processes requires ice-sheet models that perform well at simulating both past and future ice-sheet evolution. Here, we present version 2.0 of the ice-sheet model IMAU-ICE, which uses the depth-integrated viscosity approximation (DIVA) to solve the stress balance. We evaluate its performance in a range of benchmark experiments, including simple analytical solutions and both schematic and realistic model intercomparison exercises. IMAU-ICE has adopted recent developments in the numerical treatment of englacial stress and sub-shelf melt near the grounding line, which result in good performance in experiments concerning grounding-line migration (MISMIP, MISMIP +) and buttressing (ABUMIP). This makes it a model that is robust, versatile, and user-friendly, which will provide a firm basis for (palaeo-)glaciological research in the coming years. Text Ice Sheet Copernicus Publications: E-Journals Geoscientific Model Development 15 14 5667 5688 |
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Ice-dynamical processes constitute a large uncertainty in future projections of sea-level rise caused by anthropogenic climate change. Improving our understanding of these processes requires ice-sheet models that perform well at simulating both past and future ice-sheet evolution. Here, we present version 2.0 of the ice-sheet model IMAU-ICE, which uses the depth-integrated viscosity approximation (DIVA) to solve the stress balance. We evaluate its performance in a range of benchmark experiments, including simple analytical solutions and both schematic and realistic model intercomparison exercises. IMAU-ICE has adopted recent developments in the numerical treatment of englacial stress and sub-shelf melt near the grounding line, which result in good performance in experiments concerning grounding-line migration (MISMIP, MISMIP +) and buttressing (ABUMIP). This makes it a model that is robust, versatile, and user-friendly, which will provide a firm basis for (palaeo-)glaciological research in the coming years. |
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