Ice sheet model

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Ice sheet models use numerical methods to understand the evolution, dynamics and thermodynamics of ice sheets such as ice sheets . B. to simulate the Greenland ice sheet , the Antarctic ice sheet or the large ice sheets of the northern hemisphere during the last ice age . Typical application examples are studies of the icing of the earth during past climatic cycles , as well as projections of the retreat of the ice sheets under conditions of global warming .

See also

Ice sheet models on the internet

  • CISM - Community Ice Sheet Model, is being developed as a landing ice component of the Community Climate System Model (CCSM) .
  • Elmer / Ice , a finite element model with special modules for Full Stokes dynamics (i.e. no stress components are neglected).
  • ISSM - Ice Sheet System Model, a parallelized, finite element based ice sheet model.
  • PISM - Parallel Ice Sheet Model, which includes ice shelves and ice streams.
  • SICOPOLIS - SImulation COde for POLythermal Ice Sheets, a three-dimensional ice sheet model that takes into account polythermal conditions (coexistence of ice at the pressure melting point and below the pressure melting point in different parts of an ice sheet).

Web links

  • ISMIP - Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project