Simulating ice-shelf extent using damage mechanics

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Kachuck, Samuel B., Whitcomb, Morgan, Bassis, Jeremy N., Martin, Daniel F., Price, Stephen F.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Ice Shelf; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Drygalski; Drygalski Ice Tongue; Erebus Glacier; Erebus Glacier Tongue; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1885457; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1885457; https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.12

Inaccurate representations of iceberg calving from ice shelves are a large source of uncertainty in mass-loss projections from the Antarctic ice sheet. Here, we address this limitation by implementing and testing a continuum damage-mechanics model in a continental scale ice-sheet model. The damage-m...