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

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Bondzio, Johannes H., Seroussi, Hélène, Morlighem, Mathieu, Kleiner, Thomas, Rückamp, Martin, Humbert, Angelika, Larour, Eric Y.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarctic; Greenland; Jakobshavn Isbræ; The Antarctic; Antarc*; glacier; Ice Sheet; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-497-2016; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00013916; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00013872/tc-10-497-2016.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/10/497/2016/tc-10-497-2016.pdf

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...