Benchmark experiments for higher-order and full-Stokes ice sheet models (ISMIP-HOM)
Pattyn, F.; Perichon, L.; Ashwanden, A.; Breuer, B.; de Smedt, B.; Gagliardini, O.; Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4236-5369; Hindmarsh, Richard C.A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1633-2416; Hubbard, A.; Johnson, J.V.; Kleiner, T.; Konovalov, Y.; Martin, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2661-169X; Payne, A.J.; Pollard, D.; Price, S.; Rückamp, M.; Saito, F.; Souček, O.; Sugiyama, S.; Zwinger, T..
2008
Benchmark experiments for higher-order and full-Stokes ice sheet models (ISMIP-HOM).
The Cryosphere, 2 (2).
95-108.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tcd-2-111-2008
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Abstract/Summary
We present the results of the first ice sheet model intercomparison project for higher-order and full-Stokes ice sheet models. These models are compared and verified in a series of six experiments of which one has an analytical solution obtained from a perturbation analysis. The experiments are applied to both 2-D and 3-D geometries; five experiments are steady-state diagnostic, and one has a time-dependent prognostic solution. All participating models give results that are in close agreement. A clear distinction can be made between higher-order models and those that solve the full system of equations. The full-Stokes models show a much smaller spread, hence are in better agreement with one another and with the analytical solution.
Item Type: | Publication - Article |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.5194/tcd-2-111-2008 |
Programmes: | BAS Programmes > Global Science in the Antarctic Context (2005-2009) > Glacial Retreat in Antarctica and Deglaciation of the Earth System |
ISSN: | 1994-0416 |
NORA Subject Terms: | Glaciology |
Date made live: | 18 Jan 2011 15:26 +0 (UTC) |
URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11579 |
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