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The capability has been tested in a realistic configuration via both G-compset and B-compset simulations, with preliminary analysis suggesting the implementation of static ice shelf cavities is correct. G-compset and B-compset simulations are ongoing to address fundamental questions related to numerical stability, equilibration/variability time scales, resolution dependence, and, ultimately validation against extant observational datasets in preparation for application to ice-shelf-cavity-related climate science. In addition to opening a door to an exciting new realm of coupled climate science, this work will provide the basis for further development associated with a full coupling of the marine-based Antarctic Ice Sheet within the ACME climate model.
This poster focuses on the coupling, mapping files, and interaction between components. The submission Ocean Cavities Below Ice Shelves is on the numerical methods required to support sub-ice shelf cavities within the ocean model.