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Estimating a mean transport velocity in the marginal ice zone using ice–ocean prediction systems
Graig Sutherland
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Environmental Numerical Prediction Research, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada
Victor de Aguiar
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Bergen, Norway
Department of Physics and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Lars-Robert Hole
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Bergen, Norway
Jean Rabault
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Mohammed Dabboor
Environmental Numerical Prediction Research, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada
Øyvind Breivik
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Bergen, Norway
Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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The marginal ice zone (MIZ), which is the transition region between the open ocean and the dense pack ice, is a very dynamic region comprising a mixture of ice and ocean conditions. Using novel drifters deployed in various ice conditions in the MIZ, several material transport models are tested with two operational ice–ocean prediction systems. A new general transport equation, which uses both the ice and ocean solutions, is developed that reduces the error in drift prediction for our case study.
The marginal ice zone (MIZ), which is the transition region between the open ocean and the dense...