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dc.contributor.authorBenn, Douglas I.
dc.contributor.authorÅström, Jan A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-03T14:30:01Z
dc.date.available2019-06-03T14:30:01Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier259183089
dc.identifier4f0e26ea-a637-4ff6-bb8b-120eea07ada5
dc.identifier85062551348
dc.identifier000446541200001
dc.identifier.citationBenn , D I & Åström , J A 2018 , ' Calving glaciers and ice shelves ' , Advances in Physics: X , vol. 3 , no. 1 , 1513819 , pp. 1048-1076 . https://doi.org/10.1080/23746149.2018.1513819en
dc.identifier.issn2374-6149
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/17801
dc.descriptionThis work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council [grant number NE/P011365/1].en
dc.description.abstractCalving, or the release of icebergs from glaciers and floating ice shelves, is an important process transferring mass into the world’s oceans. Calving glaciers and ice sheets make a large contribution to sea-level rise, but large uncertainty remains about future ice sheet response to alternative carbon scenarios. In this review, we summarize recent progress in understanding calving processes and representing them in the models needed to predict future ice sheet evolution and sea-level rise. We focus on two main types of calving models: (1) discrete element models that represent ice as assemblages of particles linked by breakable bonds, which can explicitly simulate fracture and calving processes; and (2) continuum models, in which calving processes are parameterized using simple calving laws. With a series of examples using both synthetic and real-world ice geometries, we show how explicit models are yielding a detailed, process-based understanding of system physics that can be translated into predictive capability via improved calving laws.
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dc.format.extent4064527
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAdvances in Physics: Xen
dc.subjectGlaciersen
dc.subjectIce fractureen
dc.subjectIceberg calvingen
dc.subjectNumerical modelsen
dc.subjectGE Environmental Sciencesen
dc.subjectPhysics and Astronomy(all)en
dc.subject.lccGEen
dc.titleCalving glaciers and ice shelvesen
dc.typeJournal itemen
dc.contributor.sponsorNERCen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/23746149.2018.1513819
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumberNE-P011365/1en


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