Brief communication: Impacts of ocean-wave-induced breakup of Antarctic sea ice via thermodynamics in a stand-alone  version of the CICE sea-ice model

Bennetts, Luke G.; O'Farrell, Siobhan; Uotila, Petteri

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1035-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1035-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1035-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

Brief communication

|

03 May 2017

Brief communication |

| 03 May 2017

Brief communication: Impacts of ocean-wave-induced breakup of Antarctic sea ice via thermodynamics in a stand-alone version of the CICE sea-ice model

Luke G. Bennetts, Siobhan O'Farrell, and Petteri Uotila

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Final revised paper (published on 03 May 2017)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'review comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Jan 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Ref 1', Luke Bennetts, 17 Mar 2017
SC1: 'Short Comment', Christopher Horvat, 31 Jan 2017
- AC2: 'Response to short comment from Christopher Horvat', Luke Bennetts, 17 Mar 2017
RC2: 'Anonymous review of 'Impacts of wave-induced breakup...'', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Feb 2017
- AC3: 'Response to Ref 2', Luke Bennetts, 17 Mar 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Luke Bennetts on behalf of the Authors (17 Mar 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (31 Mar 2017) by Dirk Notz

AR by Luke Bennetts on behalf of the Authors (07 Apr 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

A numerical model is used to investigate how Antarctic sea ice concentration and volume are affected by increased melting caused by ocean-wave breakup of the ice. When temperatures are high enough to melt the ice, concentration and volume are reduced for ~ 100 km into the ice-covered ocean. When temperatures are low enough for ice growth, the concentration recovers, but the reduced volume persists.