Education

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Math for Glaciologists

These tools teach mathematical concepts for glaciology and ice sheet science.

 

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Regression on Ice

Code demonstrations with visualizations of some basic regression / machine learning concepts for glaciology.

VESL visualization tools

These striking visualizations, hosted on NASA JPL's Virtual Earth System Laboratory (VESL), use the Ice Sheet System Model (ISSM) package.

ISSM logo, vesl.jpl.nasa.gov

Greenland Basal Friction simulation
Enables users to explore the effect of friction at Greenland's ice-bedrock interface.
ISSM logo, vesl.jpl.nasa.gov

Greenland Geothermal Heat Flux simulation
Enables users to explore Greenland ice sheet's sensitivity to geothermal heat flux at the ice-bedrock interface.
ISSM logo, vesl.jpl.nasa.gov

Sea Level Rise simulation
Presents ISSM simulations of sea-level rise from the present day to 500 years into the future, as the Twaites Glacier retreats inland.

Links

Here are additional resources available to bring the science to others:

EricPitman.jpg Eric Pitman Workshop in Computational Science--hosted by UB CCR since 1998.
Snow on Ice: "Scientists are Superheroes"
Ice Future Research Group - Datasets and Products
Greenland-melt NSIDC's Greenland Today
Greenland-melt NSIDC's Arctic Sea Ice News
Greenland-melt Ice Flow Games

Tools and computing

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