Application of control methods for modelling the flow of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica

• Main Authors: Vieli, Andreas, Payne, Antony J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2003
• Subjects: Institute of Geography; 910 Geography & travel; West Antarctica; Pine Island Glacier; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/136283/; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/136283/1/2003_vieli_payne_ag_2003.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-136283; https://doi.org/10.3189/172756403781816338

The distribution of basal traction on a transect along Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, is estimated by inverting observed surface velocities using a control method and a simple numerical stream-flow model. This model calculates the horizontal flow along a transect, based on the assumptions tha...