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AAS_4123_CICE-Model

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Bennetts, L. (2017) Wave-ice breakup model for inclusion in CICE, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/57D0EA42ED985, Accessed: 2026-05-29
Title
Wave-ice breakup model for inclusion in CICE
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.4225/15/57D0EA42ED985
Created Date
2016-08-30
Revision Date
2025-12-18
Parent record
None

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    Description

    A numerical model of ocean wave interactions with Antarctic sea ice cover, including:

    (i) attenuation of wave energy due to the ice cover (based on the empirical model of Meylan, Bennetts, Kohout, 2014, Geophys Res Lett, doi:10.1002/2014GL060809); and

    (ii) breakup of the ice cover into smaller floes due to strains imposed by wave motion (based on the theory of Williams et al, 2013, Ocean Model., doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.05.010).

    The model is coded in FORTRAN90 for use as a module in a standalone version of the CICEv4.1 sea ice model (http://oceans11.lanl.gov/trac/CICE). It requires incident wave forcing to be specified at some constant latitude outside the ice cover, which can be user chosen or imported from data files (e.g. data given by Wavewatch III hindcasts, see http://doi.org/10.4225/08/523168703DCC5).

    Modifications to the existing CICE routines are given to allow integration of the broken floe sizes into its lateral melting scheme, and for incorporation of a floe bonding scheme.

    Bennetts, O'Farrell and Uotila (2017 - Brief communication: Impacts of ocean-wave-induced breakup of Antarctic sea ice via thermodynamics in a stand-alone version of the CICE sea-ice model) use the model to study the impact of wave-induced ice breakup on model predictions of the concentration and volume of Antarctic sea ice.

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    Quality

    Dates and coordinates provided in temporal and spatial coverage are just approximate (as these are modelled data), and just represent the duration of the project and the Southern Ocean.

    Access

    These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -60
    Southernmost:
    -75

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    -180
    Easternmost:
    180

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • MODELS
    • WAVE ENERGY

    Locations

    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

    Platforms

    • MODELS

    Instruments

    • Computer

    Researchers

    • bennetts, luke (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)

    Use Constraints

    This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

    Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_4123_CICE-Model when using these data.

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