Modeling the Winter Heat Conduction Through the Sea Ice System During MOSAiC
Abstract Models struggle to accurately simulate observed sea ice thickness changes, which could be partially due to inadequate representation of thermodynamic processes. We analyzed co‐located winter observations of the Arctic sea ice from the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b9894b7598b345fdb1949a8db7d3a40f 2024-09-09T19:21:07+00:00 Modeling the Winter Heat Conduction Through the Sea Ice System During MOSAiC Lorenzo Zampieri David Clemens‐Sewall Anne Sledd Nils Hutter Marika Holland 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106760 https://doaj.org/article/b9894b7598b345fdb1949a8db7d3a40f EN eng Wiley https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106760 https://doaj.org/toc/0094-8276 https://doaj.org/toc/1944-8007 1944-8007 0094-8276 doi:10.1029/2023GL106760 https://doaj.org/article/b9894b7598b345fdb1949a8db7d3a40f Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 51, Iss 8, Pp n/a-n/a (2024) Arctic sea ice snow on sea ice winter processes MOSAiC thermodynamics Geophysics. Cosmic physics QC801-809 article 2024 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106760 2024-08-05T17:49:22Z Abstract Models struggle to accurately simulate observed sea ice thickness changes, which could be partially due to inadequate representation of thermodynamic processes. We analyzed co‐located winter observations of the Arctic sea ice from the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of the Arctic Climate for evaluating and improving thermodynamic processes in sea ice models, aiming to enable more accurate predictions of the warming climate system. We model the sea ice and snow heat conduction for observed transects forced by realistic boundary conditions to understand the impact of the non‐resolved meter‐scale snow and sea ice thickness heterogeneity on horizontal heat conduction. Neglecting horizontal processes causes underestimating the conductive heat flux of 10% or more. Furthermore, comparing model results to independent temperature observations reveals a ∼5 K surface temperature overestimation over ice thinner than 1 m, attributed to shortcomings in parameterizing surface turbulent and radiative fluxes rather than the conduction. Assessing the model deficiencies and parameterizing these unresolved processes is required for improved sea ice representation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Sea ice Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Geophysical Research Letters 51 8 |
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Abstract Models struggle to accurately simulate observed sea ice thickness changes, which could be partially due to inadequate representation of thermodynamic processes. We analyzed co‐located winter observations of the Arctic sea ice from the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of the Arctic Climate for evaluating and improving thermodynamic processes in sea ice models, aiming to enable more accurate predictions of the warming climate system. We model the sea ice and snow heat conduction for observed transects forced by realistic boundary conditions to understand the impact of the non‐resolved meter‐scale snow and sea ice thickness heterogeneity on horizontal heat conduction. Neglecting horizontal processes causes underestimating the conductive heat flux of 10% or more. Furthermore, comparing model results to independent temperature observations reveals a ∼5 K surface temperature overestimation over ice thinner than 1 m, attributed to shortcomings in parameterizing surface turbulent and radiative fluxes rather than the conduction. Assessing the model deficiencies and parameterizing these unresolved processes is required for improved sea ice representation. |
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Lorenzo Zampieri David Clemens‐Sewall Anne Sledd Nils Hutter Marika Holland |
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Modeling the Winter Heat Conduction Through the Sea Ice System During MOSAiC |
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Modeling the Winter Heat Conduction Through the Sea Ice System During MOSAiC |
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Modeling the Winter Heat Conduction Through the Sea Ice System During MOSAiC |
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