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Development of global sea ice 6.0 CICE configuration for the Met Office global coupled model
Abstract
The new sea ice configuration GSI6.0, used in the Met Office global coupled configuration GC2.0, is described and the sea ice extent, thickness and volume are compared with the previous configuration and with observationally-based datasets. In the Arctic, the sea ice is thicker in all seasons than in the previous configuration, and there is now better agreement of the modelled concentration and extent with the HadISST dataset. In the Antarctic, a warm bias in the ocean model has been exacerbated at the higher resolution of GC2.0, leading to a large reduction in ice extent and volume; further work is required to rectify this in future configurations.
- Authors:
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- Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter (United Kingdom)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1208882
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Geoscientific Model Development Discussions (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1991-962X
- Publisher:
- European Geosciences Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Citation Formats
Rae, J. . G. L, Hewitt, H. T., Keen, A. B., Ridley, J. K., West, A. E., Harris, C. M., Hunke, E. C., and Walters, D. N. Development of global sea ice 6.0 CICE configuration for the Met Office global coupled model. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.5194/gmdd-8-2529-2015.
Rae, J. . G. L, Hewitt, H. T., Keen, A. B., Ridley, J. K., West, A. E., Harris, C. M., Hunke, E. C., & Walters, D. N. Development of global sea ice 6.0 CICE configuration for the Met Office global coupled model. United States. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmdd-8-2529-2015
Rae, J. . G. L, Hewitt, H. T., Keen, A. B., Ridley, J. K., West, A. E., Harris, C. M., Hunke, E. C., and Walters, D. N. 2015.
"Development of global sea ice 6.0 CICE configuration for the Met Office global coupled model". United States. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmdd-8-2529-2015. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1208882.
@article{osti_1208882,
title = {Development of global sea ice 6.0 CICE configuration for the Met Office global coupled model},
author = {Rae, J. . G. L and Hewitt, H. T. and Keen, A. B. and Ridley, J. K. and West, A. E. and Harris, C. M. and Hunke, E. C. and Walters, D. N.},
abstractNote = {The new sea ice configuration GSI6.0, used in the Met Office global coupled configuration GC2.0, is described and the sea ice extent, thickness and volume are compared with the previous configuration and with observationally-based datasets. In the Arctic, the sea ice is thicker in all seasons than in the previous configuration, and there is now better agreement of the modelled concentration and extent with the HadISST dataset. In the Antarctic, a warm bias in the ocean model has been exacerbated at the higher resolution of GC2.0, leading to a large reduction in ice extent and volume; further work is required to rectify this in future configurations.},
doi = {10.5194/gmdd-8-2529-2015},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1208882},
journal = {Geoscientific Model Development Discussions (Online)},
issn = {1991-962X},
number = 3,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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