Miller, PA;
Laxon, SW;
Feltham, DL;
(2005)
Improving the spatial distribution of modeled Arctic sea ice thickness.
Geophysical Research Letters
, 32
(18)
, Article L18503. 10.1029/2005GL023622.
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Abstract
The spatial distribution of ice thickness/draft in the Arctic Ocean is examined using a sea ice model. A comparison of model predictions with submarine observations of sea ice draft made during cruises between 1987 and 1997 reveals that the model has the same deficiencies found in previous studies, namely ice that is too thick in the Beaufort Sea and too thin near the North Pole. We find that increasing the large scale shear strength of the sea ice leads to substantial improvements in the model's spatial distribution of sea ice thickness, and simultaneously improves the agreement between modeled and ERS-derived 1993-2001 mean winter ice thickness.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Improving the spatial distribution of modeled Arctic sea ice thickness |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1029/2005GL023622 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005GL023622 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright 2005 by the American Geophysical Union |
| Keywords: | Dynamics, Variability, Rheology, Flow |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/8825 |
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