Скачать или смотреть Zooming into Earth's ice sheets: The BISICLES Ice Sheet Model

CPOM, the UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, is a group of scientists from six universities in partnership with the British Antarctic Survey. We use observational data primarily from satellite missions and combine this with advanced numerical modelling capability to create the clearest possible picture of polar regions. Our science helps enhance understanding and prediction of the environmental change taking place on our planet, to help society prepare for the global impacts of climate change.
Understanding Ice Sheet Modelling

“Modelling is creating simulations of processes that are happening on our planet. We take mathematical and physical equations, often using computers to solve them, and the outputs allow us to learn more about what's happening on our planet and the reasons behind it.”
Dr Sammie Buzzard (CPOM / Northumbria University)

What is BISICLES?

“BISICLES is an ice sheet model that was developed partly by CPOM researchers and allows researchers to simulate ice sheets and to look at how they might change in the future. It's computer software that allows us to solve the equations that we think best describe how ice flows and moves in response to different forces.

BISICLES is particularly special because it allows researchers to look with really high resolution at the most important parts of the ice sheet. Antarctica is really big, and creating a simulation of it takes a lot of computing power. What BISICLES does is concentrate the modelling on the parts of the ice sheet that we think are most important for the processes that might be changing as the ice sheet evolves.”