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\begin{abstract} |
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This paper describes a sea-ice model that has been developed for coupled |
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ocean and sea-ice state estimation. This sea ice model includes both |
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forward and adjoint counterparts. The forward model borrows many components |
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from current-generation sea ice models but these components are reformulated |
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on an Arakawa C grid in order to match the MITgcm oceanic grid and they are |
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modified in many ways to permit efficient and accurate automatic |
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differentiation. Ice mechanics follow a viscous-plastic rheology and the ice |
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momentum equations are solved numerically using either |
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line-successive-relaxation (LSR) or elastic-viscous-plastic (EVP) dynamic |
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models. Ice thermodynamics are represented using either a |
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zero-heat-capacity formulation or a two-layer formulation that conserves |
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enthalpy. The model includes prognostic variables for snow and for sea-ice |
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salinity, several different formulation of ice-ocean stress, and the option |
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to use sophisticated conservative advection schemes with flux limiting. |
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This paper illustrates the utilization of the forward and adjoint |
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counterparts via exploration of forward and adjoint model sensitivities to |
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littoral interactions in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. [SOME CONCLUSIONS |
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TO BE ADDED HERE.] |
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\end{abstract} |