Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-2903-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-2903-2026
Model description paper
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16 Apr 2026
Model description paper |  | 16 Apr 2026

MinSIA v1: a lightweight and efficient implementation of the shallow ice approximation

Stefan Hergarten

Model code and software

MinSIA v1: a lightweight and efficient implementation of the shallow ice approximation Stefan Hergarten https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17275986

Video supplement

MInSIA examples Stefan Hergarten http://hergarten.at/minsia/examples/index.php

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Short summary
Numerical glacier and ice-sheet models have been widely used in the context of climate change and landform evolution. While simulations of ice flow were numerically expensive for a long time, their performance has recently been boosted to an unprecedented level by machine learning techniques. This paper aims at keeping classical numerics competitive by introducing a novel numerical scheme, which allows for simulations at spatial resolutions of 25 m or even finer on standard desktop PCs.
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