Results of the third Marine Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project (MISMIP+)

Cornford, Stephen L.; Seroussi, Helene; Asay-Davis, Xylar S.; Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar; Arthern, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3762-8219; Borstad, Chris; Christmann, Julia; Dias dos Santos, Thiago; Feldmann, Johannes; Goldberg, Daniel; Hoffman, Matthew J.; Humbert, Angelika; Kleiner, Thomas; Leguy, Gunter; Lipscomb, William H.; Merino, Nacho; Durand, Gaël; Morlighem, Mathieu; Pollard, David; Rückamp, Martin; Williams, C. Rosie; Yu, Hongju. 2020 Results of the third Marine Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project (MISMIP+) [in special issue: The Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project for CMIP6 (ISMIP6)] The Cryosphere, 14 (7). 2283-2301. 10.5194/tc-14-2283-2020

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Abstract/Summary

We present the result of the third Marine Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project, MISMIP+. MISMIP+ is intended to be a benchmark for ice-flow models which include fast sliding marine ice streams and floating ice shelves and in particular a treatment of viscous stress that is sufficient to model buttressing, where upstream ice flow is restrained by a downstream ice shelf. A set of idealized experiments first tests that models are able to maintain a steady state with the grounding line located on a retrograde slope due to buttressing and then explore scenarios where a reduction in that buttressing causes ice stream acceleration, thinning, and grounding line retreat. The majority of participating models passed the first test and then produced similar responses to the loss of buttressing. We find that the most important distinction between models in this particular type of simulation is in the treatment of sliding at the bed, with other distinctions - notably the difference between the simpler and more complete treatments of englacial stress but also the differences between numerical methods - taking a secondary role.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.5194/tc-14-2283-2020
ISSN:	1994-0416
Date made live:	01 Dec 2020 11:30 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528311

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.5194/tc-14-2283-2020

ISSN:

1994-0416

Date made live:

01 Dec 2020 11:30 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528311