Effects of Freezing Temperature Parameterization on Simulated Sea‐Ice Thickness Validated by MOSAiC Observations
Abstract Freezing temperature parameterization significantly impacts the heat balance at sea‐ice bottom and, consequently, the simulated sea‐ice thickness. Here, the single‐column model ICEPACK was used to investigate the impact of the freezing temperature parameterization on the simulated sea‐ice t...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2024-06-01
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| Series: | Geophysical Research Letters |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108281 |
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| Summary: | Abstract Freezing temperature parameterization significantly impacts the heat balance at sea‐ice bottom and, consequently, the simulated sea‐ice thickness. Here, the single‐column model ICEPACK was used to investigate the impact of the freezing temperature parameterization on the simulated sea‐ice thermodynamic growth during the MOSAiC expedition from October 2019 to September 2020. It is shown that large model errors exist with the standard parameterization and that different formulations for calculating the freezing temperature impact the simulated sea‐ice thickness significantly. Considering the winter mixed layer temperature, a modified parameterization of the freezing point temperature based on Mushy scheme was developed. The mean absolute error (ratio) of simulating sea‐ice thickness for all buoys reduces from 7.4 cm (4.9%) with the “Millero” scheme, which performs the best among the existing schemes in the ICEPACK model, to 4.2 cm (2.9%) with the new developed scheme. |
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| ISSN: | 0094-8276 1944-8007 |