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

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: J. H. Bondzio, H. Seroussi, M. Morlighem, T. Kleiner, M. Rückamp, A. Humbert, E. Y. Larour
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Greenland; Jakobshavn Isbræ; Antarc*; glacier; Ice Sheet; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-497-2016; https://doaj.org/article/e1e8ca5519b04cd3aeddd694724b66a2

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...