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1 heimbach 1.1 \begin{abstract}
2 cnh 1.8 This paper describes the MITgcm
3     sea ice model; it presents example Arctic and Antarctic results from a
4 heimbach 1.10 realistic,
5 dimitri 1.12 eddy-admitting,
6 heimbach 1.10 global ocean and sea ice configuration;
7 cnh 1.8 and it compares B-grid and C-grid dynamic solvers and other
8     numerical details of the parameterized dynamics and thermodynamics in a
9     regional Arctic
10     configuration.
11     Ice mechanics follow a viscous-plastic rheology and the ice momentum
12 mlosch 1.2 equations are solved numerically using either
13     line-successive-over-relaxation (LSOR) or elastic-viscous-plastic
14     (EVP) dynamic models. Ice thermodynamics are represented using either
15     a zero-heat-capacity formulation or a two-layer formulation that
16 mlosch 1.9 conserves enthalpy. The model includes prognostic variables for snow
17     and for sea ice salinity. The above sea ice model components were
18 mlosch 1.2 borrowed from current-generation climate models but they were
19 mlosch 1.3 reformulated on an Arakawa~C grid in order to match the MITgcm oceanic
20 mlosch 1.2 grid and they were modified in many ways to permit efficient and
21 mlosch 1.9 accurate automatic differentiation. %
22     Both stress tensor divergence and advective terms are discretized with
23     the finite-volume method. %
24 cnh 1.8 The choice of the dynamic solver has a considerable
25 mlosch 1.3 effect on the solution; this effect can be larger than, for example,
26 dimitri 1.4 the choice of lateral boundary conditions, of ice rheology, and of
27 mlosch 1.3 ice-ocean stress coupling. The solutions obtained with different
28 mlosch 1.5 dynamic solvers typically differ
29     by 4\,cm\,s$^{-1}$ in ice drift speeds, 1\,m in ice thickness, and
30 mlosch 1.13 order 300\,km$^3$\,yr$^{-1}$ in freshwater (ice and snow) export
31 mlosch 1.3 out of the Arctic.
32 heimbach 1.1
33     \end{abstract}
34 mlosch 1.3
35     %%% Local Variables:
36     %%% mode: latex
37     %%% TeX-master: "ceaice_part1"
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