--- MITgcm_contrib/articles/ceaice/ceaice_abstract.tex 2008/06/28 15:44:39 1.2 +++ MITgcm_contrib/articles/ceaice/ceaice_abstract.tex 2008/08/14 16:12:41 1.3 @@ -1,22 +1,23 @@ \begin{abstract} -As part of an ongoing effort to obtain a best possible, time-evolving analysis -of most -available ocean and sea ice data, a dynamic and thermodynamic -sea-ice model has been coupled to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology -general circulation model (MITgcm). Ice mechanics follow a viscous-plastic -rheology and the ice momentum equations are solved numerically using either -line-successive-relaxation (LSR) or elastic-viscous-plastic (EVP) dynamic -models. Ice thermodynamics are represented using either a zero-heat-capacity -formulation or a two-layer formulation that conserves enthalpy. The model -includes prognostic variables for snow and for sea-ice salinity. The above -sea ice model components were borrowed from current-generation climate models -but they were reformulated on an Arakawa C grid in order to match the MITgcm -oceanic grid and they were modified in many ways to permit efficient and -accurate automatic differentiation. This paper describes the MITgcm sea ice -model; it presents example Arctic and Antarctic results from a realistic, -eddy-permitting, global ocean and sea-ice configuration; it compares B-grid -and C-grid dynamic solvers in a regional Arctic configuration; and it presents -example results from coupled ocean and sea-ice adjoint-model integrations. + This paper describes a sea-ice model that has been developed for coupled + ocean and sea-ice state estimation. This sea ice model includes both + forward and adjoint counterparts. The forward model borrows many components + from current-generation sea ice models but these components are reformulated + on an Arakawa C grid in order to match the MITgcm oceanic grid and they are + modified in many ways to permit efficient and accurate automatic + differentiation. Ice mechanics follow a viscous-plastic rheology and the ice + momentum equations are solved numerically using either + line-successive-relaxation (LSR) or elastic-viscous-plastic (EVP) dynamic + models. Ice thermodynamics are represented using either a + zero-heat-capacity formulation or a two-layer formulation that conserves + enthalpy. The model includes prognostic variables for snow and for sea-ice + salinity, several different formulation of ice-ocean stress, and the option + to use sophisticated conservative advection schemes with flux limiting. + + This paper illustrates the utilization of the forward and adjoint + counterparts via exploration of forward and adjoint model sensitivities to + littoral interactions in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. [SOME CONCLUSIONS + TO BE ADDED HERE.] \end{abstract}