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ACSIS: Global ocean-ice sea ice simulations CICEv5.1.2 with prognostic melt pond model and EAP rheology with modifications including snow drift scheme, bubbly conductivity scheme, increased sea ice emissivity and reduced melt pond max fraction parameter with CORE II atmospheric forcing data from 1960 - 2009

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2022-05-17
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2022-05-26
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 907 Files | 1TB

Abstract

This dataset includes model output from a forced ocean-ice simulation to document the impact of sea ice physics and atmospheric forcing data on the Arctic sea ice evolution produced for the The North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS). This simulation uses the same sea ice model CICE configuration GSI8.1 (Ridley et al., 2018) and the ocean-ice ones the same ocean model NEMO GO6.0 (Storkey et al., 2018) as HadGEM3. The atmospheric forcing data set are applied: CORE II surface data (Large & Yeager, 2009). Regarding the sea ice component, we use the default CICE setup as in HadGEM3 (CICE-default) and an advanced setup (CICE-best) in which a new process is added (snow loss due to drifting snow) and some adjustments have been made to model physics and parameters.

The specific parameters for this dataset are:
sea ice model: CICEv5.1.2 with prognostic melt pond model and EAP rheology, but with several modifications including snow drift scheme, bubbly conductivity scheme, increased sea ice emissivity and reduced melt pond max fraction parameter (see Schroeder et al., TC 2019)
ocean model: NEMOv3.6
period: 1960-2009
atmospheric forcing: CORE II
domain: global
grid resolution: 1deg ORCA

The simulation was performed by the Centre of Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM) at University of Reading under the ACSIS project. ACSIS was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) through National Capability Long Term Science Multiple Centre (NC LTS-M) grant NE/N018028/1.

Citable as:  Schroeder, D.; Feltham, D. (2022): ACSIS: Global ocean-ice sea ice simulations CICEv5.1.2 with prognostic melt pond model and EAP rheology with modifications including snow drift scheme, bubbly conductivity scheme, increased sea ice emissivity and reduced melt pond max fraction parameter with CORE II atmospheric forcing data from 1960 - 2009. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/6c34c573dd214991a515c8927933e7c4
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: NEMO, CICE, ocean-ice, sea-ice, CORE II

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Title

Computation for Global ocean-ice and pan-Arctic sea ice simulations with different sea ice physics and atmospheric forcing data sets

Abstract

6 forced ocean-ice simulations and 2 stand-alone ice simulations to document the impact of sea ice physics and\ \ atmospheric forcing data on the Arctic sea ice evolution. All of them use the\ \ same sea ice model CICE configuration GSI8.1 (Ridley et al., 2018) and the ocean-ice\ \ ones the same ocean model NEMO GO6.0 (Storkey et al., 2018) as HadGEM3. Three\ \ different atmospheric forcing data set are applied: NCEP Reanalysis-2 (NCEP2)\ \ data (Kanamitsu et al., 2002, updated 2020), CORE II surface data (Large & Yeager,\ \ 2009) and the atmospheric forcing data set DFS5.2 (Dussin et al., 2016). Regarding\ \ the sea ice component, we use the default CICE setup as in HadGEM3 (CICE-default)\ \ and an advanced setup (CICE-best) in which a new process is added (snow loss due\ \ to drifting snow) and some adjustments have been made to model physics and parameters.\ \ \n\nThe simulations were performed by the Centre of Polar Observation and Modelling\ \ (CPOM) at University of Reading under the ACSIS project

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  • var_id: bounds_lon
  • var_id: bounds_lon_grid_T
  • var_id: bounds_lon_grid_W
  • units: ppt
  • long_name: bulk ice salinity
  • var_id: sice
  • units: 1
  • var_id: snowfracn
  • long_name: category mean snow fraction
  • units: m2
  • standard_name: cell_area
  • var_id: area_grid_W
  • units: N/m
  • long_name: compressive ice strength
  • var_id: strength
  • units: N/m
  • var_id: sicompstren
  • long_name: compressive sea ice strength
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: siflcondbot
  • long_name: conductive heat flux at bottom of sea ice
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: siflcondtop
  • long_name: conductive heat flux at top of sea ice
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: congelation ice growth
  • var_id: congel
  • units: m2/s
  • long_name: convective enhancement to vertical diffusivity
  • standard_name: enhanced_vertical_heat_diffusivity
  • var_id: avt_evd
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: coriolis stress (x)
  • var_id: strcorx
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: coriolis stress (y)
  • var_id: strcory
  • var_id: deptht300_bounds
  • var_id: deptht_bounds
  • var_id: depthu_bounds
  • var_id: depthv_bounds
  • var_id: depthw_bounds
  • units: W/m^2
  • long_name: down longwave flux
  • var_id: flwdn
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: siflswdbot
  • long_name: down shortwave flux at bottom of ice
  • units: W/m^2
  • long_name: down solar flux
  • var_id: fswdn
  • units: 1
  • long_name: effective melt pond fraction, category
  • var_id: apeffn
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: evaporative water flux
  • var_id: evap_ai
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: evaporative water flux over ice only
  • var_id: evap_ice_ai
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: evaporative water flux over snow only
  • var_id: evap_snow_ai
  • units: 1
  • long_name: fraction of time-avg interval that ice is present
  • var_id: ice_present
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: frazil ice growth
  • var_id: frazil
  • units: day of year
  • long_name: freeze onset date
  • var_id: frz_onset
  • units: W/m^2
  • long_name: freeze/melt potential
  • var_id: frzmlt
  • var_id: siflfwbot
  • long_name: fresh water flux from sea ice
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • units: cm/day
  • var_id: fresh_ai
  • long_name: freshwtr flx ice to ocn
  • units: m
  • var_id: hi
  • long_name: grid cell mean ice thickness
  • units: 1
  • var_id: snowfrac
  • long_name: grid cell mean snow fraction
  • units: m
  • var_id: hs
  • long_name: grid cell mean snow thickness
  • units: W/m^2
  • long_name: heat flux ice to ocean
  • var_id: fhocn_ai
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • long_name: icb latent heat of melting of icebergs
  • standard_name: latent_heat_flux_from_icebergs
  • var_id: berg_latent_heat_flux
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • standard_name: water_flux_into_sea_water_from_icebergs
  • var_id: ficeberg
  • long_name: icb melt rate 2 of icebergs
  • units: 1
  • long_name: ice area (aggregate)
  • var_id: aice
  • units: %/day
  • long_name: ice area ridging rate
  • var_id: dardg1dt
  • units: 1
  • long_name: ice area, categories
  • var_id: aicen
  • long_name: ice grid block mask
  • var_id: blkmask
  • units: m/s
  • var_id: sispeed
  • long_name: ice speed
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: ice velocity (x)
  • var_id: uvel
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: ice velocity (y)
  • var_id: vvel
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: ice volume ridging rate
  • var_id: dvirdgdt
  • units: cm/day
  • var_id: dvidti
  • long_name: ice volume tendency assimilation
  • units: cm/day
  • var_id: dvidtd
  • long_name: ice volume tendency dynamics
  • units: cm/day
  • var_id: dvidtt
  • long_name: ice volume tendency thermo
  • units: m
  • long_name: ice volume, categories
  • var_id: vicen
  • units: m/s
  • var_id: siu
  • long_name: ice x velocity component
  • units: m/s
  • var_id: siv
  • long_name: ice y velocity component
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: internal ice stress (x)
  • var_id: strintx
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: internal ice stress (y)
  • var_id: strinty
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: internal stress tensor trace
  • var_id: trsig
  • units: W/m^2
  • long_name: latent heat flux
  • var_id: flat_ai
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: sifllatstop
  • long_name: latent heat flux over sea ice
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: flatn_ai
  • long_name: latent heat flux, category
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: lateral ice melt
  • var_id: meltl
  • units: W/m^2
  • long_name: layer integrated heat -trend: evd convection
  • var_id: ttrd_evd_li
  • units: W/m2
  • var_id: opottemppmdiff
  • long_name: layer integrated heat-trend : isopycnal diffusion
  • units: W/m^2
  • long_name: layer integrated heat-trend : non-solar flux + runoff
  • var_id: ttrd_qns_li
  • units: W/m2
  • var_id: opottempdiff
  • long_name: layer integrated heat-trend : pure vert. diffusion
  • units: W/m2
  • var_id: rsdoabsorb
  • long_name: layer integrated heat-trend : solar flux
  • units: W/m2
  • long_name: layer integrated heat-trend : total advection
  • var_id: opottempadvect
  • units: W/m^2
  • long_name: layer integrated heat-trend: asselin time filter
  • var_id: ttrd_atf_li
  • units: W/m^2
  • long_name: layer integrated heat-trend: bottom boundary layer
  • var_id: ttrd_bbl_li
  • units: W/m2
  • var_id: opottemptend
  • long_name: layer integrated heat-trend: total model trend :
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • var_id: osaltpmdiff
  • long_name: layer integrated salt -trend : isopycnal diffusion
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • var_id: osaltdiff
  • long_name: layer integrated salt -trend : pure vert. diffusion
  • units: Kg/m2/s
  • long_name: layer integrated salt -trend : total advection
  • var_id: osaltadvect
  • long_name: layer integrated salt -trend: asselin time filter
  • units: kg/(m^2 s)
  • var_id: strd_atf_li
  • units: kg/(m^2 s)
  • long_name: layer integrated salt -trend: bottom boundary layer
  • var_id: strd_bbl_li
  • units: kg/(m^2 s)
  • long_name: layer integrated salt -trend: evd convection
  • var_id: strd_evd_li
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • var_id: osalttend
  • long_name: layer integrated salt -trend: total model trend :
  • units: %/day
  • long_name: lead area opening rate
  • var_id: opening
  • units: m
  • long_name: mean melt pond depth over grid cell
  • var_id: hpond_ai
  • units: m
  • long_name: mean melt pond depth over sea ice
  • var_id: hpond
  • units: m
  • long_name: mean pond ice thickness over grid cell
  • var_id: ipond_ai
  • units: m
  • long_name: mean pond ice thickness over sea ice
  • var_id: ipond
  • units: day of year
  • long_name: melt onset date
  • var_id: mlt_onset
  • units: m
  • long_name: melt pond depth, category
  • var_id: hpondn
  • units: 1
  • long_name: melt pond fraction of grid cell
  • var_id: apond_ai
  • units: 1
  • long_name: melt pond fraction of sea ice
  • var_id: apond
  • units: 1
  • long_name: melt pond fraction, category
  • var_id: apondn
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: fmelttn_ai
  • long_name: net sfc heat flux causing melt, cat
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: fsurf_ai
  • long_name: net surface heat flux
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: fsurfn_ai
  • long_name: net surface heat flux, categories
  • units: 1
  • long_name: norm. principal stress 1
  • var_id: sig1
  • units: 1
  • long_name: norm. principal stress 2
  • var_id: sig2
  • units: W
  • long_name: ocean advective heat transport along i-axis
  • standard_name: advectice_ocean_heat_x_transport
  • var_id: hfx_adv
  • units: W
  • long_name: ocean advective heat transport along j-axis
  • standard_name: advectice_ocean_heat_y_transport
  • var_id: hfy_adv
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: ocean current (x)
  • var_id: uocn
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: ocean current (y)
  • var_id: vocn
  • units: W
  • standard_name: ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_diffusion
  • long_name: ocean diffusion heat transport along i-axis
  • var_id: hfx_diff
  • units: W
  • standard_name: ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_diffusion
  • long_name: ocean diffusion heat transport along j-axis
  • var_id: hfy_diff
  • units: W
  • var_id: hfx
  • standard_name: ocean_heat_x_transport
  • long_name: ocean eulerian heat transport along i-axis
  • standard_name: ocean_salt_y_transport
  • long_name: ocean eulerian salt transport along i-axis
  • units: 0.001*kg/s
  • var_id: somesatr
  • long_name: ocean grid mask
  • var_id: tmask
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: ocean/ice stress (x)
  • var_id: strocnx
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: ocean/ice stress (y)
  • var_id: strocny
  • units: 1
  • long_name: radiation-effective pond area fraction of sea ice
  • var_id: apeff
  • units: 1
  • long_name: radiation-effective pond area fraction over grid cell
  • var_id: apeff_ai
  • var_id: sipr
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: rainfall over sea ice
  • long_name: rainfall rate
  • units: cm/day
  • var_id: rain_ai
  • units: %/day
  • long_name: ridge area formation rate
  • var_id: dardg2dt
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • var_id: siflsaltbot
  • long_name: salt flux from sea ice
  • long_name: salt flux ice to ocean
  • var_id: fsalt_ai
  • units: kg/m^2/s
  • units: m2/s
  • standard_name: ocean_vertical_salt_diffusivity
  • var_id: difvso
  • long_name: salt vertical eddy diffusivity
  • units: 0.001
  • var_id: sob
  • long_name: sea bottom salinity
  • units: years
  • long_name: sea ice age
  • var_id: iage
  • units: 1/s
  • var_id: sidconcdyn
  • long_name: sea ice area change from dynamics
  • units: 1/s
  • var_id: sidconcth
  • long_name: sea ice area change from thermodynamics
  • units: degK
  • var_id: sitempbot
  • long_name: sea ice bottom temperature
  • units: m
  • var_id: sifb
  • long_name: sea ice freeboard
  • var_id: sihc
  • long_name: sea ice heat content
  • units: J m^-2
  • var_id: sidmassgrowthbot
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from bottom growth
  • var_id: sidmassmeltbot
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from bottom ice melt
  • var_id: sidmassdyn
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from dynamics
  • var_id: sidmassevapsubl
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from evaporation and sublimation
  • var_id: sidmassgrowthwat
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from frazil growth
  • var_id: sidmasslat
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from lateral ice melt
  • var_id: sidmasssi
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from snow ice conversion
  • var_id: sidmassth
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from thermodynamics
  • var_id: sidmassmelttop
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from top ice melt
  • units: m
  • var_id: sisnthick
  • long_name: sea ice snow thickness
  • units: degC
  • var_id: sitemptop
  • long_name: sea ice surface temperature
  • units: m
  • long_name: sea ice thickness
  • var_id: sithick
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: sea sfc tilt stress (x)
  • var_id: strtltx
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: sea sfc tilt stress (y)
  • var_id: strtlty
  • units: ppt
  • long_name: sea surface salinity
  • var_id: sss
  • var_id: sst
  • units: degC
  • long_name: sea surface temperature
  • units: W/m^2
  • long_name: sensible heat flux
  • var_id: fsens_ai
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: siflsensupbot
  • long_name: sensible heat flux at bottom of sea ice
  • units: 1
  • long_name: shortwave scaling factor
  • var_id: fswfac
  • units: 1
  • var_id: sisnconc
  • long_name: snow area fraction
  • units: m
  • var_id: vsnon
  • long_name: snow depth on ice, categories
  • var_id: sisnhc
  • units: J m^-2
  • long_name: snow heat content
  • units: degC
  • var_id: sitempsnic
  • long_name: snow ice interface temperature
  • var_id: sndmassmelt
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: snow mass change from melt
  • var_id: sndmasssnf
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: snow mass change from snow fall
  • units: cm/day
  • var_id: melts_dyn
  • long_name: snow melt from drift
  • units: cm/day
  • var_id: dvsdti
  • long_name: snow volume tendency assimilation
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: snow volume tendency dynamics
  • var_id: dvsdtd
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: snow volume tendency thermo
  • var_id: dvsdtt
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: snow-ice formation
  • var_id: snoice
  • units: %
  • var_id: albsni
  • long_name: snow/ice broad band albedo
  • units: degC
  • long_name: snow/ice surface temperature
  • var_id: Tsfc
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: fswabs_ai
  • long_name: snow/ice/ocn absorbed solar flux
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: snowfall rate
  • var_id: snow_ai
  • var_id: snow
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: snowfall rate (cpl)
  • units: %/day
  • long_name: strain rate (divergence)
  • var_id: divu
  • units: %/day
  • long_name: strain rate (shear)
  • var_id: shear
  • long_name: temperature * e3t
  • units: degree_C*m
  • var_id: thetaot300
  • units: m2/s
  • standard_name: ocean_vertical_tracer_diffusivity_due_to_tides
  • long_name: tidal vertical diffusivity
  • var_id: diftrto
  • var_id: time_bnds
  • var_id: time_centered_bounds
  • var_id: time_counter
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: top ice melt
  • var_id: meltt
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: fcondtopn_ai
  • long_name: top sfc conductive heat flux, cat
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: top snow melt
  • var_id: melts
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: flwup
  • long_name: upward longwave flux (cpl)
  • units: W/m^2
  • long_name: upward solar flux
  • var_id: fswup
  • units: m2/s
  • standard_name: ocean_vertical_heat_diffusivity
  • var_id: difvho
  • long_name: vertical eddy diffusivity
  • units: m2/s
  • standard_name: ocean_vertical_momentum_diffusivity
  • var_id: difvmo
  • long_name: vertical eddy viscosity
  • standard_name: wind_speed
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: wind speed module
  • var_id: sowindsp
  • var_id: sistrxdtop
  • long_name: x component of atmospheric stress on sea ice
  • units: N m^-2
  • var_id: sistrxubot
  • units: N m^-2
  • long_name: x component of ocean stress on sea ice
  • units: kg/s
  • var_id: sidmasstranx
  • long_name: x component of snow and sea ice mass transport
  • var_id: sistrydtop
  • units: N m^-2
  • long_name: y component of atmospheric stress on sea ice
  • var_id: sistryubot
  • units: N m^-2
  • long_name: y component of ocean stress on sea ice
  • units: kg/s
  • var_id: sidmasstrany
  • long_name: y component of snow and sea ice mass transport

Co-ordinate Variables

  • units: degrees_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • long_name: Latitude
  • var_id: nav_lat_grid_W
  • units: degrees_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • long_name: Longitude
  • var_id: nav_lon_grid_W
  • units: degrees_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • long_name: T grid center latitude
  • var_id: TLAT
  • units: degrees_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • long_name: T grid center longitude
  • var_id: TLON
  • standard_name: time
  • long_name: Time axis
  • var_id: time_centered
  • units: degrees_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • long_name: U grid center latitude
  • var_id: ULAT
  • units: degrees_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • long_name: U grid center longitude
  • var_id: ULON
  • standard_name: time
  • var_id: time
  • long_name: model time