TY - JOUR
T1 - An ice-free arctic? Opportunities for computational science
AU - Tremblay, L. Bruno
AU - Holland, Marika M.
AU - Gorodetskaya, Irina V.
AU - Schmidt, Gavin A.
PY - 2007/5
Y1 - 2007/5
N2 - The role of 3D general circulation models (GCM) in understanding the ice-ocean system, as well as its importance in predicting the future state of Arctic sea ice and many more models associated with it is discussed. One such model operating at high latitudes is the cloud-albedo feedback. When the sea-ice retreats, more ocean water is exposed to the atmosphere, leading to more evaporation. Douglas Martinson and Richard Iannuzzi have developed a simple bulk model based on the upper ocean's temperature and salinity profile. Another possible mechanism for the rapid decline in Arctic sea-ice cover is linked with ice-ocean-albedo feedback. A simple stand-alone viscous plastic sea-ice model coupled to a slab ocean and atmospheric energy balance model, which include thicker ice north of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and thinner ice along the Eurasian Basin. Several institutions, including national research centers and universities are working on the development, numerical implementation, and coupling of new and improved climate models.
AB - The role of 3D general circulation models (GCM) in understanding the ice-ocean system, as well as its importance in predicting the future state of Arctic sea ice and many more models associated with it is discussed. One such model operating at high latitudes is the cloud-albedo feedback. When the sea-ice retreats, more ocean water is exposed to the atmosphere, leading to more evaporation. Douglas Martinson and Richard Iannuzzi have developed a simple bulk model based on the upper ocean's temperature and salinity profile. Another possible mechanism for the rapid decline in Arctic sea-ice cover is linked with ice-ocean-albedo feedback. A simple stand-alone viscous plastic sea-ice model coupled to a slab ocean and atmospheric energy balance model, which include thicker ice north of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and thinner ice along the Eurasian Basin. Several institutions, including national research centers and universities are working on the development, numerical implementation, and coupling of new and improved climate models.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/34247527308
U2 - 10.1109/MCSE.2007.45
DO - 10.1109/MCSE.2007.45
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34247527308
SN - 1521-9615
VL - 9
SP - 65
EP - 74
JO - Computing in Science and Engineering
JF - Computing in Science and Engineering
IS - 3
M1 - 4160261
ER -