Articles | Volume 11, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2117-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2117-2017
Research article
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07 Sep 2017
Research article |  | 07 Sep 2017

Wave–ice interactions in the neXtSIM sea-ice model

Timothy D. Williams, Pierre Rampal, and Sylvain Bouillon

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AR by Timothy Williams on behalf of the Authors (12 Jun 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Jun 2017) by Jennifer Hutchings
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (26 Jun 2017)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (26 Jun 2017) by Jennifer Hutchings
AR by Timothy Williams on behalf of the Authors (29 Jun 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (12 Jul 2017) by Jennifer Hutchings
AR by Timothy Williams on behalf of the Authors (01 Aug 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (07 Aug 2017) by Jennifer Hutchings
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Short summary
As the Arctic sea ice extent drops, more ship traffic seeks to take advantage of this, and a need for better wave and sea ice forecasts arises. One aspect of this is the location of the sea ice edge. The waves here can be quite large, but they die away as they travel into the ice. This causes momentum to be transferred from the waves to the ice, causing ice drift. However, our study found that the effect of the wind drag had more impact on the ice edge position than the waves.