Articles | Volume 10, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1055-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1055-2016
Research article
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20 May 2016
Research article |  | 20 May 2016

neXtSIM: a new Lagrangian sea ice model

Pierre Rampal, Sylvain Bouillon, Einar Ólason, and Mathieu Morlighem

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The Arctic sea ice cover has changed drastically over the last decades and undergone a shift in its dynamical regime, as seen by the increase of extreme fracturing events and the acceleration of sea ice drift. In this paper we present a new sea ice model, neXtSIM, that is capable of simulating both sea ice drift and deformation as observed from satellites, with similar spatial and temporal scaling properties. At the same time, the model reproduces sea ice area, extent, and volume correctly.