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1 heimbach 1.1 \begin{abstract}
2    
3 mlosch 1.2 As part of an ongoing effort to obtain a best possible, time-evolving
4     analysis of most available ocean and sea ice data, a dynamic and
5     thermodynamic sea-ice model has been coupled to the Massachusetts
6     Institute of Technology general circulation model (MITgcm). Ice
7     mechanics follow a viscous-plastic rheology and the ice momentum
8     equations are solved numerically using either
9     line-successive-over-relaxation (LSOR) or elastic-viscous-plastic
10     (EVP) dynamic models. Ice thermodynamics are represented using either
11     a zero-heat-capacity formulation or a two-layer formulation that
12     conserves enthalpy. The model includes prognostic variables for snow
13     and for sea-ice salinity. The above sea ice model components were
14     borrowed from current-generation climate models but they were
15 mlosch 1.3 reformulated on an Arakawa~C grid in order to match the MITgcm oceanic
16 mlosch 1.2 grid and they were modified in many ways to permit efficient and
17     accurate automatic differentiation. This paper describes the MITgcm
18     sea-ice model; it presents example Arctic and Antarctic results from a
19 dimitri 1.4 realistic, eddying, global ocean and sea-ice configuration;
20     and it compares B-grid and C-grid dynamic solvers and other
21 mlosch 1.3 numerical details of parameterized physics in a regional Arctic
22     configuration. The choice of the dynamic solver has a considerable
23     effect on the solution; this effect can be larger than, for example,
24 dimitri 1.4 the choice of lateral boundary conditions, of ice rheology, and of
25 mlosch 1.3 ice-ocean stress coupling. The solutions obtained with different
26 dimitri 1.4 dynamic solvers can differ
27     by up to 2\,cm\,s$^{-1}$ in ice drift speeds, 1\,m in ice thickness, and
28 mlosch 1.3 order 300--600\,km$^3$\,y$^{-1}$ in fresh water (ice and snow) export
29     out of the Arctic.
30 heimbach 1.1
31     \end{abstract}
32 mlosch 1.3
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