Evaluation of hindcast simulation with the ocean and sea-ice model covering the Arctic and adjacent oceans

Luo Xiaofan; Hu Xianmin; Nie Hongtao; Zhao Wei; Zhang Yongli; Wang Yali; Qin Yu; Dong Chunming; Lu Youyu; Wei Hao

doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2019.09.001

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Luo Xiaofan，Hu Xianmin，Nie Hongtao, et al. Evaluation of hindcast simulation with the ocean and sea-ice model covering the Arctic and adjacent oceans[J]. Haiyang Xuebao，2019, 41(9)：1–12，doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253−4193.2019.09.001

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Evaluation of hindcast simulation with the ocean and sea-ice model covering the Arctic and adjacent oceans

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2019.09.001

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School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth B2Y 4A2, Canada

Received Date: 2018-08-04
Rev Recd Date: 2018-11-30

Available Online: 2021-04-21

Publish Date: 2019-09-25

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Abstract

Coupled ocean and sea-ice models, developed based on Version 3.6 of the Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean (NEMO), with the sea-ice component being Version 3 of Louvain-la-Neuve Sea Ice Model (LIM), are applied for hindcast simulations covering the North Atlantic-North Pacific-Arctic Oceans (NAPA). The two model configurations, NAPA1/4 and NAPA1/12, have nominal horizontal resolutions of (1/4)° and (1/12)° in latitude/longitude, respectively. The model domains cover the Pacific Ocean north of 45°N, the whole Arctic, and the North Atlantic north of 26°N for NAPA1/4 and 7°N for NAPA1/12. A decade-long hindcast from 1993 to 2015 using NAPA1/4 has been completed. The hindcast results of sea-ice, circulation and hydrography variations in the Arctic Ocean are evaluated with available observational data and previously published results. The evaluation suggests that NAPA1/4 possesses reasonable skills in reproducing the key thermal and dynamic processes, and can be applied to study the seasonal and inter-annual variations of sea-ice, water masses, and Atlantic/Pacific inflows/outflows. Preliminary analysis of the NAPA1/12 hindcast during 1993-1996 suggests that increasing horizontal resolution simulates more details of the spatial structures of sea-ice, water-mass properties, and ocean circulation.
- coupled ocean and sea-ice models,
- model evaluation,
- Arctic Ocean

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