neXtSIM: a new Lagrangian sea ice model

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

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1055-2016

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1055-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1055-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

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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Final revised paper (published on 20 May 2016)
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RC C2787: 'Review of Rampal et al, TCD 2016 « neXtSIM: a new Lagrangian sea ice model »', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Jan 2016
- AC C3398: 'Final response to referee #1', Pierre Rampal, 22 Apr 2016
RC C3387: 'Review of "neXtSIM: a new Lagrangian sea ice model" by P. Rampal et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Apr 2016
- AC C3399: 'Final response to referee #2', Pierre Rampal, 22 Apr 2016

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AR by Pierre Rampal on behalf of the Authors (22 Apr 2016)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (03 May 2016) by G. Hilmar Gudmundsson

AR by Pierre Rampal on behalf of the Authors (03 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

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.