Model:Icepack

Icepack

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Spatial dimensions	3D
Spatial extent	Landscape-Scale
Model domain	Marine, Cryosphere
One-line model description	Icepack is a Python package for simulating the flow of glaciers and ice sheets, as well as for solving glaciological data assimilation problems.
Extended model description	Icepack is a Python package for simulating the flow of glaciers and ice sheets, as well as for solving glaciological data assimilation problems. The main goal for icepack is to produce a tool that researchers and students can learn to use quickly and easily, whether or not they are experts in high-performance computing. Icepack is built on the finite element modeling library firedrake, which implements the domain-specific language UFL for the specification of PDEs.

Keywords:	Ice flow, Ice sheet, glacier flow,

Supported platforms	Unix, Linux, Mac OS
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Programming language	Python
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Code optimized	Multiple Processors
Multiple processors implemented
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Start year development	2017
Does model development still take place?	Yes
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Code development status	Active
When did you indicate the 'code development status'?	2020
Model availability	As code
Source code availability (Or provide future intension)	Through web repository
Source web address	https://github.com/icepack/icepack
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Program license type	GPL v3
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Pre-processing software needed?	No
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Post-processing software needed?	No
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Visualization software needed?	No
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Describe processes represented by the model	Ice mass balance and viscous ice flow
Describe key physical parameters and equations	Ice thickness and velocity, mass continuity, Stokes equations
Describe length scale and resolution constraints	Minimum ~50m in x, maximum hundreds of kilometers
Describe time scale and resolution constraints	inimum several days, maximum hundreds-thousands of years
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Do you have current or future plans for collaborating with other researchers?	Yes

Is there a manual available?	Yes
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Model website if any	https://icepack.github.io
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Authors

Daniel Shapero

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Featured publication(s)	Year	Model described	Type of Reference	Citations
Shapero, D.; Lilien, D.; Ham, D.A.; and Hoffman, A.; 2019. Icepack/icepack: icepack: glacier flow modeling with the finite element method in Python (Version v0.1.0).. , , . 10.5281/zenodo.3542092 (View/edit entry)	2019	Icepack	Source code ref.	0
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