A shallow approximation for ice streams sliding over strong beds
Ice streams are regions of rapid ice sheet flow characterised by a high degree of sliding over a deforming bed. The shallow shelf approximation (SSA) provides a convenient way to obtain closed-form approximations of the velocity and flux in a rapidly sliding ice stream when the basal drag is much le...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:7e6b45e837644611a3fac8d9fac913f2 2023-08-20T04:07:15+02:00 A shallow approximation for ice streams sliding over strong beds Katarzyna L. P. Warburton Duncan R. Hewitt Colin R. Meyer Jerome A. Neufeld https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2023.47 https://doaj.org/article/7e6b45e837644611a3fac8d9fac913f2 EN eng Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143023000473/type/journal_article https://doaj.org/toc/0022-1430 https://doaj.org/toc/1727-5652 doi:10.1017/jog.2023.47 0022-1430 1727-5652 https://doaj.org/article/7e6b45e837644611a3fac8d9fac913f2 Journal of Glaciology, Pp 1-12 glacier flow glacial rheology ice dynamics ice streams Environmental sciences GE1-350 Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999 article ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2023.47 2023-07-30T00:39:06Z Ice streams are regions of rapid ice sheet flow characterised by a high degree of sliding over a deforming bed. The shallow shelf approximation (SSA) provides a convenient way to obtain closed-form approximations of the velocity and flux in a rapidly sliding ice stream when the basal drag is much less than the driving stress. However, the validity of the SSA approximation breaks down when the magnitude of the basal drag increases. Here we find a more accurate expression for the velocity and flux in this transitional regime before vertical deformation fully dominates, in agreement with numerical results. The closed-form expressions we derive can be incorporated into wider modelling efforts to yield a better characterisation of ice stream dynamics, and inform the use of the SSA in large-scale simulations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Journal of Glaciology Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Journal of Glaciology 1 12 |
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Ice streams are regions of rapid ice sheet flow characterised by a high degree of sliding over a deforming bed. The shallow shelf approximation (SSA) provides a convenient way to obtain closed-form approximations of the velocity and flux in a rapidly sliding ice stream when the basal drag is much less than the driving stress. However, the validity of the SSA approximation breaks down when the magnitude of the basal drag increases. Here we find a more accurate expression for the velocity and flux in this transitional regime before vertical deformation fully dominates, in agreement with numerical results. The closed-form expressions we derive can be incorporated into wider modelling efforts to yield a better characterisation of ice stream dynamics, and inform the use of the SSA in large-scale simulations. |
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Katarzyna L. P. Warburton Duncan R. Hewitt Colin R. Meyer Jerome A. Neufeld |
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Katarzyna L. P. Warburton Duncan R. Hewitt Colin R. Meyer Jerome A. Neufeld |
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A shallow approximation for ice streams sliding over strong beds |
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A shallow approximation for ice streams sliding over strong beds |
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A shallow approximation for ice streams sliding over strong beds |
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A shallow approximation for ice streams sliding over strong beds |
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A shallow approximation for ice streams sliding over strong beds |
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shallow approximation for ice streams sliding over strong beds |
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