Evaluation of the sea ice simulation in a new coupled atmosphere-ocean climate model (HadGEM1)

McLaren, A. J., Banks, H. T., Durman, C. F., Gregory, J. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1296-8644, Johns, T. C., Keen, A. B., Ridley, J. K., Roberts, M. J., Lipscomb, W. H., Connolley, W. M. and Laxon, S. W. (2006) Evaluation of the sea ice simulation in a new coupled atmosphere-ocean climate model (HadGEM1). Journal of Geophysical Research, 111 (C12). ISSN 0148-0227 doi: 10.1029/2005JC003033

Abstract/Summary

[ 1] A rapid increase in the variety, quality, and quantity of observations in polar regions is leading to a significant improvement in the understanding of sea ice dynamic and thermodynamic processes and their representation in global climate models. We assess the simulation of sea ice in the new Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model (HadGEM1) against the latest available observations. The HadGEM1 sea ice component uses elastic-viscous-plastic dynamics, multiple ice thickness categories, and zero-layer thermodynamics. The model evaluation is focused on the mean state of the key variables of ice concentration, thickness, velocity, and albedo. The model shows good agreement with observational data sets. The variability of the ice forced by the North Atlantic Oscillation is also found to agree with observations.

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Divisions	Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
Uncontrolled Keywords	NORTH-ATLANTIC OSCILLATION THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION SURFACE-TEMPERATURE ARCTIC-OCEAN FRAM STRAIT DYNAMICS ALBEDO VARIABILITY FLUX THERMODYNAMICS
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Publisher	American Geophysical Union
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