Implementation of a sea-ice model for application in the Antarctic
Progress Code: completed Statement: Dates provided in temporal coverage are approximate only. All field work for this project was unfortunately cancelled due to difficulties on board the ship. As a result this project became purely a modeling project. Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2504...
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ftands:oai:ands.org.au::2820147 2024-09-15T17:48:00+00:00 Implementation of a sea-ice model for application in the Antarctic AADC (owner) AADC, DATA OFFICER (distributor) AADC, DATA OFFICER (custodian) AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (hasAssociationWith) Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher) Australian Antarctic Division (sponsor) HEIL, PETRA (collaborator) HEIL, PETRA (hasPrincipalInvestigator) HEIL, PETRA (author) Heil, P. (originator) Spatial: westlimit=-180.0; southlimit=-70.0; eastlimit=180.0; northlimit=-60.0 Temporal: From 2004-12-01 https://researchdata.edu.au/implementation-sea-ice-application-antarctic/2820147 unknown Australian Ocean Data Network https://researchdata.edu.au/implementation-sea-ice-application-antarctic/2820147 ASAC_2504 AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia oceans EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEFORMATION ICE EXTENT SNOW/ICE > OCEANS > Modeling Sea ice Climate Forecasting AMD/AU CEOS AMD ACE/CRC OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR dataset ftands 2024-08-06T01:58:58Z Progress Code: completed Statement: Dates provided in temporal coverage are approximate only. All field work for this project was unfortunately cancelled due to difficulties on board the ship. As a result this project became purely a modeling project. Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2504 See the link below for public details on this project. In this project a sea-ice model for application in Southern Ocean climate and forecasting studies will be developed to amend identified deficiencies in numerical models (i.e. unaccounted short-term dynamics; or non-suitable ice rheology). In-situ deformation and ice-stress data will be used to derive parameterisations suitable for the Southern Ocean pack. Antarctic sea ice is an important component of the Southern Hemisphere climate. It provides a habitat for algae, plankton and for larger species such as mammals or penguins. It is a transport medium for freshwater and biological matter. On the other hand it acts like a barrier between ocean and atmosphere in regard to the exchange of thermal energy, water vapour and gases. Sea ice affects the polar climate in many ways: E.g., by effectively insulating the ocean from the colder atmosphere the sea ice enables an advection of relatively warm water onto the shallow Antarctic continental shelf. This warmer water is then available to interact with other components of the climate system, such as by basal melting of the continental ice shelves [Jenkins and Holland, 2002]. Also, due to its high albedo, the sea ice has a large-scale effect on the net incoming solar radiation [Ebert et al., 1995] and reduces the absorption of solar energy into the upper ocean. The thermodynamic growth of seaice and the consequent desalination of the ice gives rise to a transport of salt from the ice into the ocean, which increases the water density over the shelf, thereby driving the deep vertical overturning cell in the global ocean circulation. High ice-growth rates (e.g., in regions of polynyas) are generally concentrated in small ... Dataset Antarc* Antarctic Ice Shelves Sea ice Southern Ocean Research Data Australia (Australian National Data Service - ANDS) |
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oceans EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEFORMATION ICE EXTENT SNOW/ICE > OCEANS > Modeling Sea ice Climate Forecasting AMD/AU CEOS AMD ACE/CRC OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR |
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oceans EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEFORMATION ICE EXTENT SNOW/ICE > OCEANS > Modeling Sea ice Climate Forecasting AMD/AU CEOS AMD ACE/CRC OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR |
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Progress Code: completed Statement: Dates provided in temporal coverage are approximate only. All field work for this project was unfortunately cancelled due to difficulties on board the ship. As a result this project became purely a modeling project. Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2504 See the link below for public details on this project. In this project a sea-ice model for application in Southern Ocean climate and forecasting studies will be developed to amend identified deficiencies in numerical models (i.e. unaccounted short-term dynamics; or non-suitable ice rheology). In-situ deformation and ice-stress data will be used to derive parameterisations suitable for the Southern Ocean pack. Antarctic sea ice is an important component of the Southern Hemisphere climate. It provides a habitat for algae, plankton and for larger species such as mammals or penguins. It is a transport medium for freshwater and biological matter. On the other hand it acts like a barrier between ocean and atmosphere in regard to the exchange of thermal energy, water vapour and gases. Sea ice affects the polar climate in many ways: E.g., by effectively insulating the ocean from the colder atmosphere the sea ice enables an advection of relatively warm water onto the shallow Antarctic continental shelf. This warmer water is then available to interact with other components of the climate system, such as by basal melting of the continental ice shelves [Jenkins and Holland, 2002]. Also, due to its high albedo, the sea ice has a large-scale effect on the net incoming solar radiation [Ebert et al., 1995] and reduces the absorption of solar energy into the upper ocean. The thermodynamic growth of seaice and the consequent desalination of the ice gives rise to a transport of salt from the ice into the ocean, which increases the water density over the shelf, thereby driving the deep vertical overturning cell in the global ocean circulation. High ice-growth rates (e.g., in regions of polynyas) are generally concentrated in small ... |
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AADC (owner) AADC, DATA OFFICER (distributor) AADC, DATA OFFICER (custodian) AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (hasAssociationWith) Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher) Australian Antarctic Division (sponsor) HEIL, PETRA (collaborator) HEIL, PETRA (hasPrincipalInvestigator) HEIL, PETRA (author) Heil, P. (originator) |
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Implementation of a sea-ice model for application in the Antarctic |
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Implementation of a sea-ice model for application in the Antarctic |
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Implementation of a sea-ice model for application in the Antarctic |
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Implementation of a sea-ice model for application in the Antarctic |
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Implementation of a sea-ice model for application in the Antarctic |
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implementation of a sea-ice model for application in the antarctic |
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Australian Ocean Data Network |
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https://researchdata.edu.au/implementation-sea-ice-application-antarctic/2820147 |
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Spatial: westlimit=-180.0; southlimit=-70.0; eastlimit=180.0; northlimit=-60.0 Temporal: From 2004-12-01 |
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Antarc* Antarctic Ice Shelves Sea ice Southern Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic Ice Shelves Sea ice Southern Ocean |
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AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia |
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https://researchdata.edu.au/implementation-sea-ice-application-antarctic/2820147 ASAC_2504 |
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