Antarctic ice shelves melt from beneath where they contact the ocean, but how well do ocean models simulate this process? Building on several decades of model development, a recent model intercomparison study compared ice shelf-ocean models from modelling groups around the world with the same, idealised benchmark configuration. From this effort, we can learn how current models perform, and how we ...[Read More]
Melting ice shelves in ocean models: an idealised model intercomparison project
Figure 1. Schematic showing how ocean models represent the ice shelf-ocean boundary layer, where basal melt occurs beneath ice shelves. Ocean models assessed in the ISOMIP+ project used a range of vertical coordinates. [Credit: Claire Yung]