A coupled multi-category sea ice model and POM for Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea

• Main Author: Zhili, Tang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2008
• Subjects: Oceans; Baffin Bay; Labrador Shelf; Advances in Polar Science; Baffin; Labrador Sea; Polar Science; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2356/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2356/1/A200802006.pdf

An overview of the seasonal variation of sea-ice cover in Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea is given. A coupled ice-ocean model, CECOM, has been developed to study the seasonal variation and associated ice-ocean processes. The sea-ice component of the model is a multi-category ice model in which mean...