Explicit representation and parametrised impacts of under ice shelf seas in the z ∗ coordinate ocean model NEMO 3.6

• Published in: Geoscientific Model Development
• Main Authors: P. Mathiot, A. Jenkins, C. Harris, G. Madec
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Amery; Getz; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-2849-2017; https://doaj.org/article/242f81b967554888b9bb0ef7802c3bdb

Ice-shelf–ocean interactions are a major source of freshwater on the Antarctic continental shelf and have a strong impact on ocean properties, ocean circulation and sea ice. However, climate models based on the ocean–sea ice model NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) currently do not i...