Region 3

RGPS Images

A grid is placed on satellite images of artic ice. The deformation of the ice is visualized by following the vertices of the grid in time. New ice appears dark in the images; therefore new dark areas correspond to leads that have appeared.

View divergence, vorticity and shear for this region

Numerical Predictions (Kinematics)

The observed deformation from each element of the above satellite images is used as input into the decohesion constitutive model. The figure below shows the lead opening predicted by the model. Dark patches represent leads; the thickness of the patch is proportional to the amount of opening. Click on an element to see details of the numerical results.

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Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
University of New Mexico.