icepack: a new glacier flow modeling package in Python, version 1.0

Shapero, Daniel R.; Badgeley, Jessica A.; Hoffman, Andrew O.; Joughin, Ian R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4593-2021

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Model description paper

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icepack: a new glacier flow modeling package in Python, version 1.0

Daniel R. Shapero, Jessica A. Badgeley, Andrew O. Hoffman, and Ian R. Joughin

Data sets

icepack/icepack-paper: Code and data for icepack paper Daniel Shapero and Jessica Badgeley https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5063264

icepack/glacier-meshes: Digitized glacier outlines Daniel Shapero, Andrew Hoffman, and David Lilien https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5063248

MEaSUREs BedMachine Antarctica, Version 2 M. Morlighem https://doi.org/10.5067/E1QL9HFQ7A8M

MEaSUREs Phase-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map, Version 1 J. Mouginot, E. Rignot, and B. Scheuchl https://doi.org/10.5067/PZ3NJ5RXRH10

Model code and software

icepack: glacier flow modeling with the finite element method in Python Daniel Shapero, Jessica Badgeley, and Andrew Hoffman https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4318150

Short summary

This paper describes a new software package called "icepack" for modeling the flow of ice sheets and glaciers. Glaciologists use tools like icepack to better understand how ice sheets flow, what role they have played in shaping Earth's climate, and how much sea level rise we can expect in the coming decades to centuries. The icepack package includes several innovations to help researchers describe and solve interesting glaciological problems and to experiment with the underlying model physics.