High-resolution Modelling of Ocean and Sea-ice Conditions in the Canadian Arctic Coastal Waters
An ocean and sea-ice model for the Arctic Ocean, with a nested high-resolution sub-model for the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, has been developed based on the Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean (NEMO). The horizontal resolution is ~18 km for the pan-Arctic domain and ~6 km for the nested reg...
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Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.455.1882 http://www.bio.gc.ca/science/research-recherche/ocean/ice-glace/documents/lu01.pdf |
Summary: | An ocean and sea-ice model for the Arctic Ocean, with a nested high-resolution sub-model for the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, has been developed based on the Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean (NEMO). The horizontal resolution is ~18 km for the pan-Arctic domain and ~6 km for the nested region. Initial tests are carried out using a climatology of surface forcing. The simulated seasonal variations of sea-ice, hydrography and ocean circulation are compared with available observations, demonstrating the potential skill of the model in simulating the variations occurring in the Arctic Ocean. |
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