CICE-Consortium/CICE: CICE Version 6.1.0

• Main Authors: Elizabeth Hunke, Richard Allard, David A. Bailey, Philippe Blain, Anthony Craig, Frederic Dupont, Alice DuVivier, Robert Grumbine, David Hebert, Marika Holland, Nicole Jeffery, Jean-Francois Lemieux, Till Rasmussen, Mads Ribergaard, Lettie Roach, Andrew Roberts, Matthew Turner, Michael Winton
• Format: Software
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: sea ice model; CICE; Icepack; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3568214; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3568214

CICE version 6.1.0 is released with Icepack version 1.2.0. This release includes a major new physics parameterization in Icepack, the joint thickness and floe size distribution (FSD) of L. Roach and colleagues, and a new directory structure for drivers used in host models, especially NUOPC caps. We continue to work toward an interface for Icepack that is flexible, extensible and easy to maintain, so that future Icepack upgrades minimize the amount of changes required in host models. Toward that goal, this release includes changes to the interface that are not backwards compatible, which are detailed in the Icepack v1.2 release notes. Major changes: Add the joint thickness and floe size distribution (FSD) #382 Rearrange the driver directory to accommodate NUOPC caps #376 #377 #383 Enhancements: Update Icepack version #379, #387 Update Icepack interface calls to use keywords #378 and to be consistent with recent refactoring of the interface (see Icepack #285, Icepack #289) #379, #385 Improve automation of test reporting and Zenodo links #370 Improve method for launching serial runs #369 Bug fixes: Use dyrect in box test #361 Correct calculation of ANGLET #377 (affects coupled fields)