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The sensitivity of landfast sea ice to atmospheric forcing in single-column model simulations: a case study at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica
Fengguan Gu
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern
Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082,
China
Qinghua Yang
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern
Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082,
China
Frank Kauker
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research,
Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Ocean Atmosphere Systems, Tewesstseg 4, 20249 Hamburg, Germany
Changwei Liu
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern
Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082,
China
Guanghua Hao
Key Laboratory of Marine Hazards Forecasting, National Marine
Environmental Forecasting Center, Ministry of
Natural Resources, Beijing 100081, China
Chao-Yuan Yang
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern
Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082,
China
Jiping Liu
Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, State University of
New York at Albany, Albany, NY, USA
Petra Heil
Australian Antarctic Division, Australian Antarctic Program
Partnership, Private Bag 80, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia
Xuewei Li
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern
Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082,
China
Bo Han
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern
Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082,
China
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Short summary
The sea ice thickness was simulated by a single-column model and compared with in situ observations obtained off Zhongshan Station in the Antarctic. It is shown that the unrealistic precipitation in the atmospheric forcing data leads to the largest bias in sea ice thickness and snow depth modeling. In addition, the increasing snow depth gradually inhibits the growth of sea ice associated with thermal blanketing by the snow.
The sea ice thickness was simulated by a single-column model and compared with in situ...
