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🏔️ Glacier Flow Lab: Shallow-Ice Flowline, Glen Flow Law and Equilibrium Line (2D Lab)

2D glacier flowline simulation: shallow-ice approximation, Glen flow law n = 3, Arrhenius ice temperature, mass-balance profile with ELA, flow markers, survey poles and mass-conservation checks.

Physics & Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

A flowline glacier governed by Glen's flow law (n = 3) and a mass balance with an equilibrium-line altitude: explore climate, ice temperature, bed slope and bumps, flow markers, survey poles and conservation checks.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install