The effect of anisotrophy on simulated ice dynamics: an idealised ice shelf example using the ice sheet system model
An essential component of an ice sheet model is its description of how ice deforms under applied stresses its material constitutive relation. Current large-scale ice sheet models routinely rely on Glens flow relation, which is an isotropic material constitutive relation that is not dependent on the...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:125972 2023-05-15T16:40:03+02:00 The effect of anisotrophy on simulated ice dynamics: an idealised ice shelf example using the ice sheet system model Graham, F Morlighem, M Warner, R Treverrow, A 2017 application/pdf http://ecite.utas.edu.au/125972 en eng . http://ecite.utas.edu.au/125972/1/EGU2017-157.pdf Graham, F and Morlighem, M and Warner, R and Treverrow, A, The effect of anisotrophy on simulated ice dynamics: an idealised ice shelf example using the ice sheet system model, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 23-28 April 2017, Vienna, Austria, pp. 1. (2017) [Conference Extract] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/125972 Engineering Interdisciplinary Engineering Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference Extract NonPeerReviewed 2017 ftunivtasecite 2019-12-13T22:24:25Z An essential component of an ice sheet model is its description of how ice deforms under applied stresses its material constitutive relation. Current large-scale ice sheet models routinely rely on Glens flow relation, which is an isotropic material constitutive relation that is not dependent on the character of the stress applied. However, laboratory experiments subjecting ice to simultaneous simple shear and compressive stresses (a typical situation in ice sheets) show that with sustained deformation under constant stresses, steady state viscous creep becomes anisotropic. For various combinations of simple shear and compression, results show that flow enhancement further increases as the stress configuration becomes dominated by simple shear. The empirical, scalar, tertiary, anisotropic rheology (ESTAR) is a computationally-efficient flow relation that incorporates anisotropic effects through a parameterisation for a flow enhancement factor that takes into account the proportion of simple shear in the overall stress regime. Here, we use the Ice Sheet System Model to investigate the impact of anisotropy on the dynamics of an idealized ice shelf by comparing simulated flow fields using ESTAR with those of the standard (isotropic) Glen flow relation. When enhanced to match simple shear flow rates, the Glen flow relation overestimates velocities at the ice-ocean front by up to 36%. Significantly, no single Glen enhancement factor accurately captures the spatial variations in flow over the ice shelf produced by ESTAR. Our results have implications for reconstructions and projections of sea level using ice sheet models that do not account for anisotropy. Conference Object Ice Sheet Ice Shelf eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) |
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An essential component of an ice sheet model is its description of how ice deforms under applied stresses its material constitutive relation. Current large-scale ice sheet models routinely rely on Glens flow relation, which is an isotropic material constitutive relation that is not dependent on the character of the stress applied. However, laboratory experiments subjecting ice to simultaneous simple shear and compressive stresses (a typical situation in ice sheets) show that with sustained deformation under constant stresses, steady state viscous creep becomes anisotropic. For various combinations of simple shear and compression, results show that flow enhancement further increases as the stress configuration becomes dominated by simple shear. The empirical, scalar, tertiary, anisotropic rheology (ESTAR) is a computationally-efficient flow relation that incorporates anisotropic effects through a parameterisation for a flow enhancement factor that takes into account the proportion of simple shear in the overall stress regime. Here, we use the Ice Sheet System Model to investigate the impact of anisotropy on the dynamics of an idealized ice shelf by comparing simulated flow fields using ESTAR with those of the standard (isotropic) Glen flow relation. When enhanced to match simple shear flow rates, the Glen flow relation overestimates velocities at the ice-ocean front by up to 36%. Significantly, no single Glen enhancement factor accurately captures the spatial variations in flow over the ice shelf produced by ESTAR. Our results have implications for reconstructions and projections of sea level using ice sheet models that do not account for anisotropy. |
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The effect of anisotrophy on simulated ice dynamics: an idealised ice shelf example using the ice sheet system model |
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http://ecite.utas.edu.au/125972/1/EGU2017-157.pdf Graham, F and Morlighem, M and Warner, R and Treverrow, A, The effect of anisotrophy on simulated ice dynamics: an idealised ice shelf example using the ice sheet system model, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 23-28 April 2017, Vienna, Austria, pp. 1. (2017) [Conference Extract] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/125972 |
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