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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-951-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-951-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
24 Feb 2021
Research article |
| 24 Feb 2021
| 24 Feb 2021
An inter-comparison of the mass budget of the Arctic sea ice in CMIP6 models
Ann Keen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Ed Blockley
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
David A. Bailey
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Jens Boldingh Debernard
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Mitchell Bushuk
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), Princeton, NJ, USA
Steve Delhaye
Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research (TECLIM),
Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain,
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
David Docquier
Rossby Centre, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI),
Norrköping, Sweden
Daniel Feltham
Centre for Polar Observations and Modelling (CPOM), University of
Reading, Reading, UK
François Massonnet
Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research (TECLIM),
Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain,
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Siobhan O'Farrell
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia
Leandro Ponsoni
Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research (TECLIM),
Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain,
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
José M. Rodriguez
Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET), Madrid, Spain
David Schroeder
Centre for Polar Observations and Modelling (CPOM), University of
Reading, Reading, UK
Neil Swart
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Canadian Centre for
Climate Modelling and Analysis, Victoria, BC, Canada
Takahiro Toyoda
Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tsukuba,
Japan
Hiroyuki Tsujino
Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tsukuba,
Japan
Martin Vancoppenolle
Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat and Institut Pierre-Simon
Laplace (LOCEAN-IPSL), Paris, France
Klaus Wyser
Rossby Centre, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI),
Norrköping, Sweden
Data sets
Data used in "An inter-comparison of the mass budget of the Arctic sea ice in CMIP6 models" Ann Keen https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4541595
Model code and software
Code used to produced figures for "An inter-comparison of the mass budget of the Arctic sea ice in CMIP6 models" Ann Keen https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4541581
Short summary
We compare the mass budget of the Arctic sea ice in a number of the latest climate models. New output has been defined that allows us to compare the processes of sea ice growth and loss in a more detailed way than has previously been possible. We find that that the models are strikingly similar in terms of the major processes causing the annual growth and loss of Arctic sea ice and that the budget terms respond in a broadly consistent way as the climate warms during the 21st century.
We compare the mass budget of the Arctic sea ice in a number of the latest climate models. New...
