Software Design Description for the Polar Ice Prediction System (PIPS) Version 3.0

Abstract

The Polar Ice Prediction System (PIPS) Version 3.0 is a dynamic sea-ice model that forecasts conditions in all sea-ice covered areas in the northern hemisphere (down to 30 degrees north in latitude). It has a horizontal resolution of approximately 9 km. The vertical resolution in the model has been set at 45 levels so that Arctic shelves, continental slopes, and submarine ridges are accurately represented. Currently, the domain includes the Irminger, Labrador, North, and Baltic Seas on the Atlantic side and the Bering Sea, Sea of Japan, and the Sea of Okhotsk on the Pacific. The PIPS 3.0 system is based on the Los Alamos ice model and coupled (via file transfer) to the operational, global Navy Coastal Ocean Model (gNCOM). The system forecasts daily ice thickness, concentration, and drift in the Artic Ocean. This report documents the matematical formulations, flow charts, and descriptions of the programs and subroutines.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 05, 2008
Accession Number
ADA489793

Entities

People

  • Edward Joseph Metzger
  • Lucy F. Smedstad
  • Pamela G. Posey
  • Ruth H. Preller
  • Suzanne Carroll

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Elastic Waves
  • Finishes
  • Geometry
  • Grids
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Latent Heat
  • Lymphocytes
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Oceans
  • Operating Systems
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Sea Water
  • Solar Radiation
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies