New insight from CryoSat-2 sea ice thickness for sea ice modelling

Schröder, David; Feltham, Danny L.; Tsamados, Michel; Ridout, Andy; Tilling, Rachel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-125-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-125-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-125-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

Research article

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14 Jan 2019

Research article |

| 14 Jan 2019

New insight from CryoSat-2 sea ice thickness for sea ice modelling

David Schröder, Danny L. Feltham, Michel Tsamados, Andy Ridout, and Rachel Tilling

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Final revised paper (published on 14 Jan 2019)
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RC1: 'Review of: New insight from CryoSat-2 sea ice thickness for sea ice modelling', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Sep 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 1', David Schroeder, 09 Nov 2018
RC2: 'Review of tc-2018-159', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Oct 2018
- AC3: 'Response to Reviewer 2', David Schroeder, 09 Nov 2018
AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1 and 2', David Schroeder, 09 Nov 2018

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AR by David Schroeder on behalf of the Authors (09 Nov 2018) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (03 Dec 2018) by John Yackel

AR by David Schroeder on behalf of the Authors (10 Dec 2018)

Short summary

This paper uses sea ice thickness data (CryoSat-2) to identify and correct shortcomings in simulating winter ice growth in the widely used sea ice model CICE. Adding a model of snow drift and using a different scheme for calculating the ice conductivity improve model results. Sensitivity studies demonstrate that atmospheric winter conditions have little impact on winter ice growth, and the fate of Arctic summer sea ice is largely controlled by atmospheric conditions during the melting season.