[MITgcm-devel] pkg/icefront

Dimitris Menemenlis menemenlis at jpl.nasa.gov
Tue Dec 15 08:13:12 EST 2009


Martin, you are correct.
For Greenland the grid has to be O(1km) or less to resolve the fjords and glacier outlets.
I have not given this very much thought from an ice-ocean physics perspective either.
I am responding to MITgcm code requests and requirements of Eric Rignot at JPL.  D.

On Dec 15, 2009, at 1:38 AM, Martin Losch wrote:

> Hi Dimitris,
> 
> this sounds all very fancy for a "coarse" grid (dx = O(10km)), but  
> obviously I have not given this much thought. Go ahead ...
> 
> M.




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