Numerical models

Elmer/Ice is an open source finite element model used to simulate ice flows of glaciers and ice sheets. It is based on Elmer and includes developments dedicated to glaciological studies. Elmer/Ice is partly developed by memmbers of the CryoDyn team, in close collaboration with CSC in Finland. More information can be found on the Elmer/Ice website and on the wiki. Elmer/Ice is on Twitter (@ElmerIce1) its community exchnages on Slack (elmerice.slack.com). Contact : Fabien Gillet-Chaulet

NEMO is a European modelling infrastructure used to represent the evolution of the ocean and sea-ice dynamics and thermodynamics (among other things). The CryoDyn team uses NEMO to represent the ocean/ice-sheet interactions involving ice shelves and icebergs, as well as associated climate feedbacks. CryoDyn is developing a coupling interface between Elmer/Ice and NEMO. Contact : Nicolas Jourdain

OGGM is an open source modelling framework for glaciers. The model accounts for glacier geometry (including contributory branches) and includes an explicit ice dynamics module and a calving parametrization. It can simulate past and future mass-balance, volume and geometry of (almost) any glacier in the world in a fully automated and extensible workflow. We rely exclusively on publicly available data for calibration and validation. OGGM is modular and supports novel modelling workflows. The code is written in python and hosted on github. The community exchange by slack and email. You can also follow us on Twitter. CryoDyn team uses OGGM model to simulate future evolution of all the world glaciers globally and therefore estimate the glacier contribution to sea-level rise. Contact : Nicolas Champollion

MAR represents the evolution of the atmosphere dynamics and thermodynamics over a regional domain. MAR is mainly developed in France (IGE, C2H team) and in Belgium (U. Liège), and it includes a comprehensive representation of surface processes in snow-covered regions. The CryoDyn team uses MAR to generate boundary conditions at the surface of ice sheets and glaciers, either to simulate the surface mass balance that partly controls the ice dynamics or to simulate surface melting that may trigger ice shelf collapses. Contact : Nicolas Jourdain