Effects of wave-induced sea ice break-up and mixing in a high-resolution coupled ice-ocean model
Arctic sea ice plays a vital role in modulating the global climate. In the most recent decades, the rapid decline of the Arctic summer sea ice cover has exposed increasing areas of ice-free ocean, with sufficient fetch for waves to develop. This has highlighted the complex and not well-understood na...
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ftunivtasmania:oai:eprints.utas.edu.au:40582 2023-05-15T13:11:32+02:00 Effects of wave-induced sea ice break-up and mixing in a high-resolution coupled ice-ocean model Li, J Babanin, AV Liu, Q Voermans, JJ Heil, P Tang, Y 2021 application/pdf https://eprints.utas.edu.au/40582/ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/40582/1/143822%20-%20Effects%20of%20wave-induced%20sea%20ice%20break-up.pdf en eng MDPIAG https://eprints.utas.edu.au/40582/1/143822%20-%20Effects%20of%20wave-induced%20sea%20ice%20break-up.pdf Li, J, Babanin, AV, Liu, Q, Voermans, JJ, Heil, P and Tang, Y 2021 , 'Effects of wave-induced sea ice break-up and mixing in a high-resolution coupled ice-ocean model' , Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, vol. 9, no. 4 , pp. 1-23 , doi:10.3390/jmse9040365 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse9040365>. Antarctic sea ice/wave dynamics wave-induced sea ice break-up wave-induced mixing ice-ocean coupled model Article PeerReviewed 2021 ftunivtasmania https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9040365 2022-01-24T23:18:21Z Arctic sea ice plays a vital role in modulating the global climate. In the most recent decades, the rapid decline of the Arctic summer sea ice cover has exposed increasing areas of ice-free ocean, with sufficient fetch for waves to develop. This has highlighted the complex and not well-understood nature of wave-ice interactions, requiring modeling effort. Here, we introduce two independent parameterizations in a high-resolution coupled ice-ocean model to investigate the effects of wave-induced sea ice break-up (through albedo change) and mixing on the Arctic sea ice simulation. Our results show that wave-induced sea ice break-up leads to increases in sea ice concentration and thickness in the Bering Sea, the Baffin Sea and the Barents Sea during the ice growth season, but accelerates the sea ice melt in the Chukchi Sea and the East Siberian Sea in summer. Further, wave-induced mixing can decelerate the sea ice formation in winter and the sea ice melt in summer by exchanging the heat fluxes between the surface and subsurface layer. As our baseline model underestimates sea ice cover in winter and produces more sea ice in summer, wave-induced sea ice break-up plays a positive role in improving the sea ice simulation. This study provides two independent parameterizations to directly include the wave effects into the sea ice models, with important implications for the future sea ice model development. Article in Journal/Newspaper albedo Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Baffin Barents Sea Bering Sea Chukchi Chukchi Sea East Siberian Sea Sea ice University of Tasmania: UTas ePrints Antarctic Arctic Barents Sea Bering Sea Chukchi Sea East Siberian Sea ENVELOPE(166.000,166.000,74.000,74.000) Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9 4 365 |
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Antarctic sea ice/wave dynamics wave-induced sea ice break-up wave-induced mixing ice-ocean coupled model Li, J Babanin, AV Liu, Q Voermans, JJ Heil, P Tang, Y Effects of wave-induced sea ice break-up and mixing in a high-resolution coupled ice-ocean model |
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Arctic sea ice plays a vital role in modulating the global climate. In the most recent decades, the rapid decline of the Arctic summer sea ice cover has exposed increasing areas of ice-free ocean, with sufficient fetch for waves to develop. This has highlighted the complex and not well-understood nature of wave-ice interactions, requiring modeling effort. Here, we introduce two independent parameterizations in a high-resolution coupled ice-ocean model to investigate the effects of wave-induced sea ice break-up (through albedo change) and mixing on the Arctic sea ice simulation. Our results show that wave-induced sea ice break-up leads to increases in sea ice concentration and thickness in the Bering Sea, the Baffin Sea and the Barents Sea during the ice growth season, but accelerates the sea ice melt in the Chukchi Sea and the East Siberian Sea in summer. Further, wave-induced mixing can decelerate the sea ice formation in winter and the sea ice melt in summer by exchanging the heat fluxes between the surface and subsurface layer. As our baseline model underestimates sea ice cover in winter and produces more sea ice in summer, wave-induced sea ice break-up plays a positive role in improving the sea ice simulation. This study provides two independent parameterizations to directly include the wave effects into the sea ice models, with important implications for the future sea ice model development. |
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Li, J Babanin, AV Liu, Q Voermans, JJ Heil, P Tang, Y |
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Li, J Babanin, AV Liu, Q Voermans, JJ Heil, P Tang, Y |
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Li, J |
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Effects of wave-induced sea ice break-up and mixing in a high-resolution coupled ice-ocean model |
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Effects of wave-induced sea ice break-up and mixing in a high-resolution coupled ice-ocean model |
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Effects of wave-induced sea ice break-up and mixing in a high-resolution coupled ice-ocean model |
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Effects of wave-induced sea ice break-up and mixing in a high-resolution coupled ice-ocean model |
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Effects of wave-induced sea ice break-up and mixing in a high-resolution coupled ice-ocean model |
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effects of wave-induced sea ice break-up and mixing in a high-resolution coupled ice-ocean model |
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albedo Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Baffin Barents Sea Bering Sea Chukchi Chukchi Sea East Siberian Sea Sea ice |
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albedo Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Baffin Barents Sea Bering Sea Chukchi Chukchi Sea East Siberian Sea Sea ice |
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https://eprints.utas.edu.au/40582/1/143822%20-%20Effects%20of%20wave-induced%20sea%20ice%20break-up.pdf Li, J, Babanin, AV, Liu, Q, Voermans, JJ, Heil, P and Tang, Y 2021 , 'Effects of wave-induced sea ice break-up and mixing in a high-resolution coupled ice-ocean model' , Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, vol. 9, no. 4 , pp. 1-23 , doi:10.3390/jmse9040365 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse9040365>. |
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