Projects
Modelling Ice-shelf Melting and ice-Ocean Processes via the phase-field method and direct numerical simulation
2018-
PI: L-A Couston
Collaborators: Eric Hester (USyd), Benjamin Favier (IRPHE), John Taylor (DAMTP), Adrian Jenkins (Northumbria), Paul Holland (BAS)
Overarching Question: How quickly do ice blocks melt in lakes and oceans?
Goals:
- Spontaneous generation of roughness and topography at the water/ice interface
- Influence of boundary roughness and topography on ice melting in lakes and oceans
Subglacial Lake Dynamics
2019-
PI: L-A Couston
Collaborators: Martin Siegert (Imperial College)
Overarching Question: Are hydrodynamic conditions conducive to life in Antarctic subglacial lakes?
Goals:
- Stability of subglacial lakes against geothermal heating
- Intensity of fluid motions in subglacial lakes unstable to geothermal heating