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

Bennetts, Luke G.; O'Farrell, Siobhan; Uotila, Petteri

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1035-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1035-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1035-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

Brief communication

|

03 May 2017

Brief communication |

| 03 May 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

Luke G. Bennetts, Siobhan O'Farrell, and Petteri Uotila

Model code and software

Wave-ice breakup model for inclusion in CICE Australian Antarctic Data Centre ˗ CAASM Metadata L. Bennetts https://doi.org/10.4225/15/57D0EA42ED985

Short summary

A numerical model is used to investigate how Antarctic sea ice concentration and volume are affected by increased melting caused by ocean-wave breakup of the ice. When temperatures are high enough to melt the ice, concentration and volume are reduced for ~ 100 km into the ice-covered ocean. When temperatures are low enough for ice growth, the concentration recovers, but the reduced volume persists.