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Computational Ice Sheet Dynamics : Error control and efficiency

Ahlkrona, Josefin, 1985- (författare)
Uppsala universitet,Avdelningen för beräkningsvetenskap,Numerisk analys
Lötstedt, Per, Professor (preses)
Uppsala universitet,Avdelningen för beräkningsvetenskap
Johnson, Jesse, Professor (opponent)
University of Montana
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ISBN 9789155495626
Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2016
Engelska 46 s.
  • Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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  • Ice sheets, such as the Greenland Ice Sheet or Antarctic Ice Sheet, have a fundamental impact on landscape formation, the global climate system, and on sea level rise. The slow, creeping flow of ice can be represented by a non-linear version of the Stokes equations, which treat ice as a non-Newtonian, viscous fluid. Large spatial domains combined with long time spans and complexities such as a non-linear rheology, make ice sheet simulations computationally challenging. The topic of this thesis is the efficiency and error control of large simulations, both in the sense of mathematical modelling and numerical algorithms. In the first part of the thesis, approximative models based on perturbation expansions are studied. Due to a thick boundary layer near the ice surface, some classical assumptions are inaccurate and the higher order model called the Second Order Shallow Ice Approximation (SOSIA) yields large errors. In the second part of the thesis, the Ice Sheet Coupled Approximation Level (ISCAL) method is developed and implemented into the finite element ice sheet model Elmer/Ice. The ISCAL method combines the Shallow Ice Approximation (SIA) and Shelfy Stream Approximation (SSA) with the full Stokes model, such that the Stokes equations are only solved in areas where both the SIA and SSA is inaccurate. Where and when the SIA and SSA is applicable is decided automatically and dynamically based on estimates of the modeling error. The ISCAL method provides a significant speed-up compared to the Stokes model. The third contribution of this thesis is the introduction of Radial Basis Function (RBF) methods in glaciology. Advantages of RBF methods in comparison to finite element methods or finite difference methods are demonstrated.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Matematik -- Beräkningsmatematik (hsv//swe)
NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Mathematics -- Computational Mathematics (hsv//eng)

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ice sheet modelling
stokes equations
shallow ice approximation
finite element method
perturbation expansions
non-newtonian fluids
free surface flow
Scientific Computing
Beräkningsvetenskap

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