Numerical computation of ice sheet profiles with free boundary models

DOI10.1016/S0168-9274(99)00052-5zbMath0982.76057WikidataQ126298101 ScholiaQ126298101MaRDI QIDQ1590692

R. Smith

Publication date: 21 December 2000

Published in: Applied Numerical Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

moving boundary problemfixed point methodglaciologyobstacle-like problemnonlinear diffusion termAntarctic ice sheetduality type algorithmfinite element approximation in spaceice sheet motionnonlinear parabolic complementarity problemtime-dependent nonlinear convection-diffusion equationupwind time semidiscretization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10) Computational methods for problems pertaining to geophysics (86-08) Glaciology (86A40) Diffusion and convection (76R99)

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