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<p><b>March 19, 2007 :</b></p> |
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Breaking News: The MITgcm is now able to generate Sea-Ice Donuts |
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In a push to move forward MITgcm on the path of fundamental science and climate |
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understanding, David Ferreira and Jean-Michel Campin |
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simulated a Sea-ice Donut using a coupled AquaPlanet configuration (see |
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movie <A href=movies/Sea_Ice_Donut_x1.mpg>here</A>). |
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This experiment was initialized with the T and S fields from |
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a previous Aquaplanet run which has polar sea-ice caps. These |
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caps are associated with salt-compensated temperature inversions in the upper |
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ocean. The new run is initialized without sea-ice and within a month, large |
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sea-ice caps grow over the poles, rejecting salt. This triggers convection which |
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in turns brings relatively warm water to the surface and melts the ice close |
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to the poles. Here we have a <A href=movies/Sea_Ice_Donut_x1.mpg>donut</A>. |
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Look out for that chapter on aqua-planets in the next IPCC report! |
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News is back by popular request. New advection schemes are currently |
News is back by popular request. New advection schemes are currently |
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