Ice-shelf basal melting in a global finite-element sea-ice/ice-shelf/ocean model

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Timmermann, R., Wang, Q., Hellmer, H.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2012
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Getz; Getz Ice Shelf; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/49688/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/49688/1/iceshelf_basal_melting_in_a_global_finiteelement_seaiceiceshelfocean_model.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3189/2012AoG60A156

The Finite Element Sea-ice Ocean Model (FESOM) has been augmented by an ice-shelf component with a three-equation system for diagnostic computation of boundary layer temperature and salinity. Ice-shelf geometry and global ocean bathymetry have been derived from the RTopo-1 dataset. A global domain w...