Evaluation of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Simulated by Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project Models
The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007257 Six Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project model simulations are compared with estimates of sea ice thickness derived from pan-Arctic satellite freeboard measurements (2004-2008); airborne electromagnetic m...
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ftnavalpschool:oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/60075 2024-06-23T07:48:53+00:00 Evaluation of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Simulated by Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project Models Johnson, Mark Proshuntinsky, Andrew Aksenov, Yevgeny Nguyen, An T. Lindsay, Ron Haas, Christian Zhang, Jinlun Diansky, Nikolay Kwok, Ron Maslowski, Wieslaw Hakkinen, Sirpa Ashik, Igor De Cuevas, Beverly Goddard Space Flight Center Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2012-08 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10945/60075 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20140008934 unknown Journal of Geophysical Research; p. C00D13; Volume 117; Issue C8 20140008934 GSFC-E-DAA-TN9319 https://hdl.handle.net/10945/60075 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20140008934 This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. ARCTIC REGIONS SEA ICE THICKNESS SIMULATION ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN MODELS ICE CLOUD AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS BEAUFORT SEA (NORTH AMERICA) ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENT AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT MODELS Article 2012 ftnavalpschool 2024-06-04T14:19:46Z The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007257 Six Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project model simulations are compared with estimates of sea ice thickness derived from pan-Arctic satellite freeboard measurements (2004-2008); airborne electromagnetic measurements (2001-2009); ice draft data from moored instruments in Fram Strait, the Greenland Sea, and the Beaufort Sea (1992-2008) and from submarines (1975-2000); and drill hole data from the Arctic basin, Laptev, and East Siberian marginal seas (1982-1986) and coastal stations (1998-2009). Despite an assessment of six models that differ in numerical methods, resolution, domain, forcing, and boundary conditions, the models generally overestimate the thickness of measured ice thinner than approximately 2 mand underestimate the thickness of ice measured thicker than about approximately 2m. In the regions of flat immobile landfast ice (shallow Siberian Seas with depths less than 25-30 m), the models generally overestimate both the total observed sea ice thickness and rates of September and October ice growth from observations by more than 4 times and more than one standard deviation, respectively. The models do not reproduce conditions of fast ice formation and growth. Instead, the modeled fast ice is replaced with pack ice which drifts, generating ridges of increasing ice thickness, in addition to thermodynamic ice growth. Considering all observational data sets, the better correlations and smaller differences from observations are from the Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II and Pan-Arctic Ice Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System models. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. ARC-0804180 (M.J.); ARC-0804010 (A.P.); ARC-0805141 (W.M.); ARC080789; ARC0908769 (J.Z.); ARC-0804010; 09-05-00266; 09-05-01231 Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Basin Arctic Arctic Ocean Beaufort Sea Fram Strait Greenland Greenland Sea laptev Sea ice Naval Postgraduate School: Calhoun Arctic Arctic Ocean Greenland |
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ARCTIC REGIONS SEA ICE THICKNESS SIMULATION ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN MODELS ICE CLOUD AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS BEAUFORT SEA (NORTH AMERICA) ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENT AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT MODELS |
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ARCTIC REGIONS SEA ICE THICKNESS SIMULATION ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN MODELS ICE CLOUD AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS BEAUFORT SEA (NORTH AMERICA) ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENT AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT MODELS Johnson, Mark Proshuntinsky, Andrew Aksenov, Yevgeny Nguyen, An T. Lindsay, Ron Haas, Christian Zhang, Jinlun Diansky, Nikolay Kwok, Ron Maslowski, Wieslaw Hakkinen, Sirpa Ashik, Igor De Cuevas, Beverly Evaluation of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Simulated by Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project Models |
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ARCTIC REGIONS SEA ICE THICKNESS SIMULATION ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN MODELS ICE CLOUD AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS BEAUFORT SEA (NORTH AMERICA) ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENT AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT MODELS |
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The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007257 Six Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project model simulations are compared with estimates of sea ice thickness derived from pan-Arctic satellite freeboard measurements (2004-2008); airborne electromagnetic measurements (2001-2009); ice draft data from moored instruments in Fram Strait, the Greenland Sea, and the Beaufort Sea (1992-2008) and from submarines (1975-2000); and drill hole data from the Arctic basin, Laptev, and East Siberian marginal seas (1982-1986) and coastal stations (1998-2009). Despite an assessment of six models that differ in numerical methods, resolution, domain, forcing, and boundary conditions, the models generally overestimate the thickness of measured ice thinner than approximately 2 mand underestimate the thickness of ice measured thicker than about approximately 2m. In the regions of flat immobile landfast ice (shallow Siberian Seas with depths less than 25-30 m), the models generally overestimate both the total observed sea ice thickness and rates of September and October ice growth from observations by more than 4 times and more than one standard deviation, respectively. The models do not reproduce conditions of fast ice formation and growth. Instead, the modeled fast ice is replaced with pack ice which drifts, generating ridges of increasing ice thickness, in addition to thermodynamic ice growth. Considering all observational data sets, the better correlations and smaller differences from observations are from the Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II and Pan-Arctic Ice Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System models. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. ARC-0804180 (M.J.); ARC-0804010 (A.P.); ARC-0805141 (W.M.); ARC080789; ARC0908769 (J.Z.); ARC-0804010; 09-05-00266; 09-05-01231 |
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Johnson, Mark Proshuntinsky, Andrew Aksenov, Yevgeny Nguyen, An T. Lindsay, Ron Haas, Christian Zhang, Jinlun Diansky, Nikolay Kwok, Ron Maslowski, Wieslaw Hakkinen, Sirpa Ashik, Igor De Cuevas, Beverly |
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Johnson, Mark Proshuntinsky, Andrew Aksenov, Yevgeny Nguyen, An T. Lindsay, Ron Haas, Christian Zhang, Jinlun Diansky, Nikolay Kwok, Ron Maslowski, Wieslaw Hakkinen, Sirpa Ashik, Igor De Cuevas, Beverly |
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Johnson, Mark |
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Evaluation of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Simulated by Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project Models |
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Evaluation of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Simulated by Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project Models |
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Evaluation of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Simulated by Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project Models |
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Evaluation of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Simulated by Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project Models |
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Evaluation of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Simulated by Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project Models |
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evaluation of arctic sea ice thickness simulated by arctic ocean model intercomparison project models |
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2012 |
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https://hdl.handle.net/10945/60075 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20140008934 |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Greenland |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Greenland |
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Arctic Basin Arctic Arctic Ocean Beaufort Sea Fram Strait Greenland Greenland Sea laptev Sea ice |
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Arctic Basin Arctic Arctic Ocean Beaufort Sea Fram Strait Greenland Greenland Sea laptev Sea ice |
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Journal of Geophysical Research; p. C00D13; Volume 117; Issue C8 20140008934 GSFC-E-DAA-TN9319 https://hdl.handle.net/10945/60075 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20140008934 |
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. |
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