Articles | Volume 13, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-6481-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-6481-2020
Development and technical paper
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22 Dec 2020
Development and technical paper |  | 22 Dec 2020

Improvements in one-dimensional grounding-line parameterizations in an ice-sheet model with lateral variations (PSUICE3D v2.1)

David Pollard and Robert M. DeConto

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Improved 2-D grounding-line orientation in an ice-sheet model D. Pollard and R. DeConto https://doi.org/10.26208/m3bt-jy63

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Buttressing by floating ice shelves at ice-sheet grounding lines is an important process that affects ice retreat and whether structural failure occurs in deep bathymetry. Here, we use a simple algorithm to better represent 2-D grounding-line curvature in an ice-sheet model. Along with other enhancements, this improves the performance in idealized-fjord intercomparisons and enables better diagnosis of potential structural failure at future retreating Antarctic grounding lines.