1D Marine Ice Sheet Flowline Simulator

Flowline Cross-Section

Watch grounding-line migration, cliff exposure, and MICI-driven retreat in real time.

Time 0.00 yr

Grounding Line -

Volume -

Icebergs 0

Ready

Bed Topography Preset

Ice Softness A (Glen) 1.00e-24

Log10(A), units Pa^-3 s^-1

Basal Friction C 1.58e+06

Log10(C), flow-law dependent units

Basal Melt (floating only) 0.50 m/yr

Applied to floating nodes in future prognostic updates.

Time Speed 1.00x

Adjust how fast model time advances relative to real time.

Shelf Buttressing B 0.65

B=1 means strong shelf support; B=0 means no buttressing and easier cliff failure.

Critical Freeboard F_c 40 m

Toy-model MICI activates when grounded marine cliff freeboard exceeds F_c.

Failure Timescale tau 1.20 yr

Smaller tau gives faster cliff retreat once instability starts.

MICI Diagnostics

Cliff Freeboard 0.0 m

Critical F_c 40.0 m

Retreat Rate 0.0 m/yr

State Stable

Velocity Visualization

Show Velocity Colormap Show Flow Particles

Toggle between simple snow-white ice and velocity-resolved diagnostics.