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Sensitivity of a climatologically-driven sea ice model to the ocean heat fluxOcean heat flux sensitivity was studied on a numerical model of sea ice covering the Weddell Sea region of the southern ocean. The model is driven by mean monthly climatological atmospheric variables. For each model run, the ocean heat flux is uniform in both space and time. Ocean heat fluxes below 20 W m to the minus 2 power do not provide sufficient energy to allow the ice to melt to its summertime thicknesses and concentrations by the end of the 14 month simulation, whereas ocean heat fluxes of 30 W m to the minus 2 power and above result in too much ice melt, producing the almost total disappearance of ice in the Weddell Sea by the end of the 14 months. These results are dependent on the atmospheric forcing fields.
Document ID
19820009925
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Parkinson, C. L. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Good, M. R. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 4, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
Subject Category
Oceanography
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TM-83877
Accession Number
82N17799
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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