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Smoothed particle hydrodynamics implementation of the standard viscous–plastic sea-ice model and validation in simple idealized experiments
Oreste Marquis
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Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Bruno Tremblay
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jean-François Lemieux
Recherche en prévision numérique environnementale, Environnement et Changement Climatique Canada, Dorval, Quebec, Canada
Mohammed Islam
The Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering Research Centre, National Research Council, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
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Short summary
We developed a standard viscous–plastic sea-ice model based on the numerical framework called smoothed particle hydrodynamics. The model conforms to the theory within an error of 1 % in an idealized ridging experiment, and it is able to simulate stable ice arches. However, the method creates a dispersive plastic wave speed. The framework is efficient to simulate fractures and can take full advantage of parallelization, making it a good candidate to investigate sea-ice material properties.
We developed a standard viscous–plastic sea-ice model based on the numerical framework called...
