A Transient Coupled Ice Flow‐Damage Model to Simulate Iceberg Calving From Tidewater Outlet Glaciers
Abstract Iceberg calving, the detachment of an ice block at the glacier front, is the main process responsible for the dynamic mass loss from the ice sheets to the ocean. Understanding this process is essential to accurately predict ice sheet response to the future climate. We present a transient mu...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a58c13fa8b5c4dc2a48681f75bad70d3 2023-05-15T16:40:56+02:00 A Transient Coupled Ice Flow‐Damage Model to Simulate Iceberg Calving From Tidewater Outlet Glaciers R. Mercenier M. P. Lüthi A. Vieli 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1029/2018MS001567 https://doaj.org/article/a58c13fa8b5c4dc2a48681f75bad70d3 EN eng American Geophysical Union (AGU) https://doi.org/10.1029/2018MS001567 https://doaj.org/toc/1942-2466 1942-2466 doi:10.1029/2018MS001567 https://doaj.org/article/a58c13fa8b5c4dc2a48681f75bad70d3 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Vol 11, Iss 9, Pp 3057-3072 (2019) Physical geography GB3-5030 Oceanography GC1-1581 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1029/2018MS001567 2022-12-31T13:21:47Z Abstract Iceberg calving, the detachment of an ice block at the glacier front, is the main process responsible for the dynamic mass loss from the ice sheets to the ocean. Understanding this process is essential to accurately predict ice sheet response to the future climate. We present a transient multiphysics finite‐element model to simulate iceberg break‐off and geometry evolution of a marine‐terminating glacier. The model solves the coupled equations of ice flow, damage mechanics, oceanic melt, and geometry evolution on the same Lagrangian computational grid. A modeling sensitivity analysis shows that the choice of stress measure used for damage evolution strongly influences the resulting calving front geometries. Our analysis suggests that the von Mises stress measures produce the most realistic calving front geometry evolutions for tidewater glaciers. Submarine frontal melt is shown to have a strong impact on the calving front geometry. The presented multiphysics model includes all processes thus far shown to be relevant for the evolution of tidewater glaciers and can be readily adapted for 3‐D and arbitrary bedrock geometries. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Tidewater Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 11 9 3057 3072 |
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Abstract Iceberg calving, the detachment of an ice block at the glacier front, is the main process responsible for the dynamic mass loss from the ice sheets to the ocean. Understanding this process is essential to accurately predict ice sheet response to the future climate. We present a transient multiphysics finite‐element model to simulate iceberg break‐off and geometry evolution of a marine‐terminating glacier. The model solves the coupled equations of ice flow, damage mechanics, oceanic melt, and geometry evolution on the same Lagrangian computational grid. A modeling sensitivity analysis shows that the choice of stress measure used for damage evolution strongly influences the resulting calving front geometries. Our analysis suggests that the von Mises stress measures produce the most realistic calving front geometry evolutions for tidewater glaciers. Submarine frontal melt is shown to have a strong impact on the calving front geometry. The presented multiphysics model includes all processes thus far shown to be relevant for the evolution of tidewater glaciers and can be readily adapted for 3‐D and arbitrary bedrock geometries. |
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A Transient Coupled Ice Flow‐Damage Model to Simulate Iceberg Calving From Tidewater Outlet Glaciers |
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A Transient Coupled Ice Flow‐Damage Model to Simulate Iceberg Calving From Tidewater Outlet Glaciers |
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A Transient Coupled Ice Flow‐Damage Model to Simulate Iceberg Calving From Tidewater Outlet Glaciers |
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A Transient Coupled Ice Flow‐Damage Model to Simulate Iceberg Calving From Tidewater Outlet Glaciers |
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A Transient Coupled Ice Flow‐Damage Model to Simulate Iceberg Calving From Tidewater Outlet Glaciers |
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transient coupled ice flow‐damage model to simulate iceberg calving from tidewater outlet glaciers |
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