PISM, A Parallel Ice Sheet Model
stable v2.1-1-g6902d5502 committed by Ed Bueler on 2023-12-20 08:38:27 -0800
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◆ exactO_old()
Implements an exact solution for basal melt rate. Utterly straightforward arithmetic. Assumes a steady-state temperature profile in ice and bedrock. This steady profile is driven by geothermal flux Geometry and dynamics context: The top of the ice is flat so the ice does not flow; the ice thickness has constant value The basic equation relates the fluxes in the basal ice, and in the top of the bedrock layer, with the basal melt rate \[ M_b H + (\mathbf{q} - \mathbf{q_{lith}}) \cdot \mathbf{n} = F_b + Q_b. \] Here \(-M_b\) is the basal melt rate in units of mass per area per time. In the above equation the basal friction heating \(F_b\) is zero and the subglacial aquifer enthalpy flux \(Q_b\) includes no horizontal velocity. (Note that \(Q_b\) is the heat delivered by subglacial water to the base of the ice.) We assume the subglacial water is at the ice overburden pressure \(p_0=\rho_i g H_0\), and we assume that the temperate layer at the base of the ice has zero thickness, so \(\omega = 0\). Thus \[ H_l(p_b) = H_l(p_0) = H_s(p_0) + L, \] \[ H = H_s(p_0) + \omega L = H_s(p_0), \] \[ Q_b = H_l(p_0) M_b. \] The basic equation therefore reduces to \[ \mathbf{q} \cdot \mathbf{n} - G = M_b L \] or \[ \text{\texttt{bmelt}} = -\frac{M_b}{\rho_i} = \frac{G - \mathbf{q} \cdot \mathbf{n}}{L \rho_i}. \] On the other hand, the temperature in the ice is the steady-state result wherein the upward flux is constant and the (absolute) temperature is a linear function of the elevation \(z\), so \[ \mathbf{q} \cdot \mathbf{n} = - k_i \frac{T_s - T_m(p)}{H_0}.\] The temperature in the ice ( \(0 \le z \le H_0\)) is this linear function, \[ T(z) = T_m(p) + \frac{T_s - T_m(p)}{H_0} z \] and in the bedrock ( \(z \le 0\)) is also linear, \[ T_b(z) = T_m(p) - \frac{G}{k_b} z. \] This method implements these formulas. It should be called both when setting-up a verification test by setting temperature at different elevations within the ice and bedrock, and when doing the verification itself by checking against the exact Definition at line 84 of file exactTestO.c. |