The symmetry group of the CAFFE model

A new ice-sheet flow model called CAFFE (Continuum-mechanical Anisotropic Flow model based on an anisotropic Flow Enhancement factor) has recently become a source of considerable controversy within the glaciological community. Its main proponents (Placidi, Greve and Seddik) defend the thesis that th...

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Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Author: Faria, Sergio H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Int Glaciol Soc 2008
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Online Access:https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/55479
https://doi.org/10.3189/002214308786570935
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Summary:A new ice-sheet flow model called CAFFE (Continuum-mechanical Anisotropic Flow model based on an anisotropic Flow Enhancement factor) has recently become a source of considerable controversy within the glaciological community. Its main proponents (Placidi, Greve and Seddik) defend the thesis that this model can describe the effect of induced anisotropy on ice-sheet flow, while others assert that the CAFFE model is merely an isotropic model. Here I resolve this dispute by rigorously deriving the symmetry group of the CAFFE model.