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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     realistic, eddying, global ocean and sea ice configuration;
5     and it compares B-grid and C-grid dynamic solvers and other
6     numerical details of the parameterized dynamics and thermodynamics in a
7     regional Arctic
8     configuration.
9     Ice mechanics follow a viscous-plastic rheology and the ice momentum
10 mlosch 1.2 equations are solved numerically using either
11     line-successive-over-relaxation (LSOR) or elastic-viscous-plastic
12     (EVP) dynamic models. Ice thermodynamics are represented using either
13     a zero-heat-capacity formulation or a two-layer formulation that
14 mlosch 1.9 conserves enthalpy. The model includes prognostic variables for snow
15     and for sea ice salinity. The above sea ice model components were
16 mlosch 1.2 borrowed from current-generation climate models but they were
17 mlosch 1.3 reformulated on an Arakawa~C grid in order to match the MITgcm oceanic
18 mlosch 1.2 grid and they were modified in many ways to permit efficient and
19 mlosch 1.9 accurate automatic differentiation. %
20     Both stress tensor divergence and advective terms are discretized with
21     the finite-volume method. %
22 cnh 1.8 The choice of the dynamic solver has a considerable
23 mlosch 1.3 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 mlosch 1.5 dynamic solvers typically differ
27     by 4\,cm\,s$^{-1}$ in ice drift speeds, 1\,m in ice thickness, and
28 dimitri 1.6 order 300\,km$^3$\,yr$^{-1}$ in fresh water (ice and snow) export
29 mlosch 1.3 out of the Arctic.
30 heimbach 1.1
31     \end{abstract}
32 mlosch 1.3
33     %%% Local Variables:
34     %%% mode: latex
35     %%% TeX-master: "ceaice_part1"
36     %%% End:

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