Adaptation of an unstructured-mesh, finite-element ocean model to the simulation of ocean circulation beneath ice shelves.

Highlights: [•] Ocean circulation beneath ice shelves is simulated using an unstructured-mesh. [•] We represent a smoothly varying ice base in the presence of a vertical ice front. [•] We implemented ice shelf/ocean interaction in the context of finite-element method. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]