Antarctica - dynamics of the ice sheet

    PISM
    The Parallel Ice Sheet Model - PISM
    • PISM represents the sea-level-relevant transition zone between grounded ice sheet and floating ice shelves by a superposition of two shallow approximations. Shown are vertically averaged velocities.

    Publications

    Model performance for present-day boundary conditions
    M.A. Martin, R. Winkelmann, M. Haseloff, T. Albrecht, E. Bueler, C. Khroulev, A. Levermann
    The Potsdam Parallel Ice Sheet Model (PISM-PIK), Part II: Dynamical Equilibrium Simulation of the Antarctic Ice Sheet
    The Cryosphere 5 (2011), 727-740.
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    Model description
    R. Winkelmann, M.A. Martin, M. Haseloff, T. Albrecht, E. Bueler, C. Khroulev, A. Levermann
    The Potsdam Parallel Ice Sheet Model (PISM-PIK), Part I: Model Description
    The Cryosphere 5 (2011), 715-726.
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    T. Albrecht, M.A. Martin, R. Winkelmann, M. Haseloff, A. Levermann
    Parameterization for Subgrid-Scale Motion of Ice-Shelf Calving-Fronts
    The Cryosphere 5 (2011), 35-44.
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