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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2778
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2778
18 Jan 2024
 | 18 Jan 2024

A new 3D full-Stokes calving algorithm within Elmer/Ice (v9.0)

Iain Wheel, Douglas I. Benn, Anna J. Crawford, Joe A. Todd, and Thomas Zwinger

Abstract. A new calving algorithm was developed in the glacier model Elmer/Ice that allows unrestricted calving and terminus advance in 3D. The algorithm used the meshing software Mmg to implement anisotropic remeshing and allow mesh adaptation at each timestep. The development of the algorithm along with the implementation of the crevasse depth law produced a new full-Stokes calving model capable of simulating calving and terminus advance across an array of complex geometries. Using a synthetic tidewater glacier geometry the model was tested to highlight the non-physical parameters that can alter calving. For a system with no clear attractor, model timestep and mesh resolution are shown to alter the simulated calving. In particular vertical mesh resolution had a large impact, increasing calving, as the frontal bending stresses are better resolved. However, when the system had a strong attractor, provided by basal pinning points, non-physical parameters have a limited affect on the terminus evolution. The new algorithm is capable of implementing unlimited terminus advance and retreat as well as unrestricted calving geometries, applying any melt field to the front, use in conjunction with any calving law or potentially advecting variables downstream.

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31 Jul 2024
A new 3D full-Stokes calving algorithm within Elmer/Ice (v9.0)
Iain Wheel, Douglas I. Benn, Anna J. Crawford, Joe Todd, and Thomas Zwinger
Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 5759–5777, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5759-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5759-2024, 2024
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Iain Wheel, Douglas I. Benn, Anna J. Crawford, Joe A. Todd, and Thomas Zwinger

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  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2778', Gong Cheng, 30 Jan 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2778', Stephen Cornford, 19 Feb 2024

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2778', Gong Cheng, 30 Jan 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2778', Stephen Cornford, 19 Feb 2024

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Iain Wheel on behalf of the Authors (08 May 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 May 2024) by Ludovic Räss
RR by Gong Cheng (28 May 2024)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (03 Jun 2024) by Ludovic Räss
AR by Iain Wheel on behalf of the Authors (07 Jun 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (14 Jun 2024) by Ludovic Räss
AR by Iain Wheel on behalf of the Authors (17 Jun 2024)  Manuscript 

Journal article(s) based on this preprint

31 Jul 2024
A new 3D full-Stokes calving algorithm within Elmer/Ice (v9.0)
Iain Wheel, Douglas I. Benn, Anna J. Crawford, Joe Todd, and Thomas Zwinger
Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 5759–5777, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5759-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5759-2024, 2024
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Iain Wheel, Douglas I. Benn, Anna J. Crawford, Joe A. Todd, and Thomas Zwinger
Iain Wheel, Douglas I. Benn, Anna J. Crawford, Joe A. Todd, and Thomas Zwinger

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Calving, the detachment of large icebergs from glaciers, is one of the largest uncertainties in future sea level rise projections. This process is poorly understood and there is an absence of detailed models capable of simulating calving. A new 3D calving model has been developed to better understand calving at glaciers where detailed modelling was previously limited. Importantly, the new model is very flexible. By allowing for unrestricted calving geometries, it can be applied at any location.