GLIMMER Antarctic Ice Sheet Model,an experimental research of moving boundary condition

A 3-D coupled ice sheet model, GLIMMER model is introduced, and an idealized ice sheet experiment under the EISMINT-1 criterion of moving boundary condition is presented. The results of the experiment reveal that for a steady-state ice sheet profile the characteristic curves describe the process of evolution which are accordant with theoretical estimates. By solving the coupled thermodynamics equations of ice sheet, one may find the characteristic curves which derived from the conservation of the mass, energy and momentum to the ice flow profile. At the same time, an agreement, approximate to the GLIMMER case and the confirmed theoretical results, is found. Present study is explorihg work to introduce and discuss the handicaps of EISMINT criterion and GLIMMER, and prospect a few directions of the GLIMMER model.     

南极冰盖GLIMMER模式移动边界试验研究

利用欧洲冰盖比较计划(EISMINT)的移动边界条件EISMINT-1测试集,通过三维有限差分南极冰盖GLIMMER模式,采用浅冰近似计算了一个定义在方形冰盖积分区域的流场特征量,研究了冰盖在大尺度长时间序列条件下对气候变化的反馈,考察了稳定态下冰盖演化的周期性行为.试验表明:GLIMMER模式在EISMINT-1移动边界条件下可以模拟出气候强迫下的冰盖演化趋势,在长时间尺度上可以刻画出气候变化的反馈机制.同时,对南极冰盖数值模拟面临的问题、GLIMMER模式以及EISMINT冰盖比较计划的内容和框架做了说明,对EISMINT比较计划目前的发展状况和遇到的问题做了分析,并且对GLIMMER模式下一步的研究方向做了一些探讨.