MIZMAS: Modeling the Evolution of Ice Thickness and Floe Size Distributions in the Marginal Ice Zone of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas

Abstract

Our long-term goal is to develop a robust, high-resolution coupled sea ice ocean modeling and assimilation system that is capable of accurately predicting sea ice conditions in the marginal ice zone (MIZ) of the Chukchi and Beaufort seas (CBS) on seasonal time scales. Our primary interest is the ability to realistically simulate the evolution of the multicategory ice thickness and floe size distributions (ITD, FSD) jointly in the CBS MIZ. Particularly, we would like to improve model physics to represent changes in FSD due to ice advection, thermodynamic growth or decay, lateral melting, ridging and rafting, and wave-induced fragmentation through theoretical development and numerical implementation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA601248

Entities

People

  • Axel Schweiger
  • Jinlun Zhang
  • Michael A. Steele

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arctic Ocean
  • Assimilation
  • Beaufort Sea
  • Climate Change
  • Data Sets
  • High Resolution
  • Marginal Ice Zones
  • Oceans
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Regions
  • Sea Ice
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Solar Radiation
  • Surface Temperature
  • Thickness

Readers

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