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As part of an ongoing effort to obtain a best possible, time-evolving |
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analysis of most available ocean and sea ice data, a dynamic and |
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thermodynamic sea-ice model has been coupled to the Massachusetts |
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Institute of Technology general circulation model (MITgcm). Ice |
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mechanics follow a viscous-plastic rheology and the ice momentum |
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equations are solved numerically using either |
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line-successive-over-relaxation (LSOR) or elastic-viscous-plastic |
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(EVP) dynamic models. Ice thermodynamics are represented using either |
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a zero-heat-capacity formulation or a two-layer formulation that |
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conserves enthalpy. The model includes prognostic variables for snow |
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and for sea-ice salinity. The above sea ice model components were |
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borrowed from current-generation climate models but they were |
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reformulated on an Arakawa~C grid in order to match the MITgcm oceanic |
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grid and they were modified in many ways to permit efficient and |
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accurate automatic differentiation. This paper describes the MITgcm |
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sea-ice model; it presents example Arctic and Antarctic results from a |
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realistic, eddy-permitting, global ocean and sea-ice configuration; |
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and it compares B-grid and C-grid dynamic solvers and further |
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numerical details of parameterized physics in a regional Arctic |
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configuration. The choice of the dynamic solver has a considerable |
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effect on the solution; this effect can be larger than, for example, |
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the choice of boundary conditions, details of the ice rheology and |
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ice-ocean stress coupling. The solutions obtained with different |
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dynamic solvers and numerical details can easily differ |
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by 2\,cm\,s$^{-1}$ in ice drift speeds, 1\,m in ice thickness, and |
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order 300--600\,km$^3$\,y$^{-1}$ in fresh water (ice and snow) export |
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out of the Arctic. |
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