A prognostic model of the sea-ice floe size and thickness distribution

Horvat, C.; Tziperman, E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2119-2015

Articles | Volume 9, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2119-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2119-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 6

Research article

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18 Nov 2015

Research article |

| 18 Nov 2015

A prognostic model of the sea-ice floe size and thickness distribution

C. Horvat and E. Tziperman

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RC C1070: 'anonymous review of Horvat et al (2015)', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Jun 2015
RC C1178: 'Review', Luke Bennetts, 11 Jul 2015
AC C1526: 'Author response to reviewer comments', Christopher Horvat, 01 Sep 2015

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AR by Christopher Horvat on behalf of the Authors (01 Sep 2015) Author's response Manuscript

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (21 Sep 2015) by Daniel Feltham

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ED: Publish as is (29 Oct 2015) by Daniel Feltham

AR by Christopher Horvat on behalf of the Authors (04 Nov 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Sea-ice cover is composed of floes of different sizes and thicknesses, whose distribution varies in space and time, and may affect the interaction between sea ice and the ocean and atmosphere, yet is not represented in climate models. We develop and demonstrate a model for the evolution of the joint distribution of floe sizes and thicknesses, subject to melting and freezing, mechanical interactions between floes, and the fracture of floes by waves, forced by atmospheric and ocean forcing fields.