Improving the spatial distribution of modeled Arctic sea ice thickness

The spatial distribution of ice thickness/draft in the Arctic Ocean is examined using a sea ice model. A comparison of model predictions with submarine observations of sea ice draft made during cruises between 1987 and 1997 reveals that the model has the same deficiencies found in previous studies,...

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Main Authors: Miller, PA, Laxon, SW, Feltham, DL
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION 2005
Subjects:
Dynamics
Variability
Rheology
Flow
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
North Pole
Sea ice
Online Access:https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/8825/1/2005GL023622.pdf
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/8825/
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Summary:The spatial distribution of ice thickness/draft in the Arctic Ocean is examined using a sea ice model. A comparison of model predictions with submarine observations of sea ice draft made during cruises between 1987 and 1997 reveals that the model has the same deficiencies found in previous studies, namely ice that is too thick in the Beaufort Sea and too thin near the North Pole. We find that increasing the large scale shear strength of the sea ice leads to substantial improvements in the model's spatial distribution of sea ice thickness, and simultaneously improves the agreement between modeled and ERS-derived 1993-2001 mean winter ice thickness.

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