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Ice-sheet model

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Ice sheet models use quantitative methods to simulate the evolution, dynamics and thermodynamics of ice sheets, such as the Greenland ice sheet, the Antarctic ice sheet or the large ice sheets on the northern hemisphere during the last glacial period. They are used for a variety of purposes, from studies of the glaciation of Earth over glacial-interglacial cycles in the past to projections of ice-sheet decay under future global warming conditions.

Ice sheet models on the web

  • http://forge.nesc.ac.uk/projects/glimmer/ - Glimmer, a three-dimensional thermomechanical ice sheet model, designed to be interfaced to a range of global climate models.
  • http://www.pism-docs.org/ - PISM (Parallel Ice Sheet Model), which includes ice shelves and ice streams.
  • http://sicopolis.greveweb.net/ - SICOPOLIS (SImulation COde for POLythermal Ice Sheets), a three-dimensional ice sheet model which accounts for polythermal conditions (coexistence of ice at and below the melting point in different parts of an ice sheet).
  • ISMIP - Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project
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