An inter-comparison of the mass budget of the Arctic sea ice in CMIP6 models

We compare the mass budget of the Arctic sea ice for 15 models submitted to the latest Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6), using new diagnostics that have not been available for previous model intercomparisons. These diagnostics allow us to look beyond the standard metrics of ice cover an...

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Published in:The Cryosphere
Other Authors: Keen, Ann (author), Blockley, Ed (author), Bailey, David A. (author), Boldingh Debernard, Jens (author), Bushuk, Mitchell (author), Delhaye, Steve (author), Docquier, David (author), Feltham, Daniel (author), Massonnet, François (author), O'Farrell, Siobhan (author), Ponsoni, Leandro (author), Rodriguez, José M. (author), Schroeder, David (author), Swart, Neil (author), Toyoda, Takahiro (author), Tsujino, Hiroyuki (author), Vancoppenolle, Martin (author), Wyser, Klaus (author)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-951-2021
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Summary:We compare the mass budget of the Arctic sea ice for 15 models submitted to the latest Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6), using new diagnostics that have not been available for previous model intercomparisons. These diagnostics allow us to look beyond the standard metrics of ice cover and thickness to compare the processes of sea ice growth and loss in climate models in a more detailed way than has previously been possible. 1852977