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Presentation and evaluation of the Arctic sea ice forecasting system neXtSIM-F
Timothy Williams
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Jahnebakken 3, 5007 Bergen, Norway, and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Anton Korosov
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Jahnebakken 3, 5007 Bergen, Norway, and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Pierre Rampal
CNRS, Institut Géophysique de l'Environnement, Grenoble, France
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Jahnebakken 3, 5007 Bergen, Norway, and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Einar Ólason
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Jahnebakken 3, 5007 Bergen, Norway, and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
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Short summary
neXtSIM (neXt-generation Sea Ice Model) includes a novel and extremely realistic way of modelling sea ice dynamics – i.e. how the sea ice moves and deforms in response to the drag from winds and ocean currents. It has been developed over the last few years for a variety of applications, but this paper represents its first demonstration in a forecast context. We present results for the time period from November 2018 to June 2020 and show that it agrees well with satellite observations.
neXtSIM (neXt-generation Sea Ice Model) includes a novel and extremely realistic way of...
