LIM3, an advanced sea ice model for climate simulation and operational oceanography

In this contribution, we briefly present the version 3 of the Louvain-la-Neuve Ice Model (LIM). The results of two 1970-2007 hindcasts performed with the ocean modelling system NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) -one using LIM2 and the other using LIM3 - are compared to available obs...

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Main Authors: Vancoppenolle, Martin, Fichefet, Thierry, Goosse, Hugues, Bouillon, Sylvain, Konig Beatty, Chris., Maqueda, Miguel Angel Morales
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Marine Sciences
Sea ice
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/6511/
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Summary:In this contribution, we briefly present the version 3 of the Louvain-la-Neuve Ice Model (LIM). The results of two 1970-2007 hindcasts performed with the ocean modelling system NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) -one using LIM2 and the other using LIM3 - are compared to available observations of ice concentration, thickness and mixed layer depth. LIM3 is found to significantly improve the simulation of sea ice characteristics compared to the earlier LIM2 version, making it a more appropriate and accurate tool not only in ice-ocean and climate simulations but also presumably for operational oceanography.

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