Implementation of a Maxwell Elasto-Brittle Rheology in a Sea Ice Model Coupled to an Ocean

The viscous-plastic (VP) rheology and the Maxwell elasto-brittle (MEB) rheology were compared in a common framework. To this end, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology general circulation model (MITgcm) was complemented by the MEB rheology for sea ice. The results challenge the reported advantag...

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Main Author: Bourgett, Mirjam
Other Authors: Losch, Martin, Kierfeld, Jan
Format: Thesis
Language:unknown
Published: 2022
Subjects:
Sea ice
Online Access:https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/58018/
https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/58018/1/MasterthesisMirjamBourgett.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.febd7a61-c2cf-4f4f-b86d-76beaf2d4378
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Summary:The viscous-plastic (VP) rheology and the Maxwell elasto-brittle (MEB) rheology were compared in a common framework. To this end, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology general circulation model (MITgcm) was complemented by the MEB rheology for sea ice. The results challenge the reported advantages of the MEB rheology over the VP rheology and encourage further research on the source of spatial heterogeneity in sea ice models.

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