Publication Date:
2017-04-04
Description:
A fully prognostic 1-D thermodynamic model, functional for studies of sea-ice
biogeochemistry is developed to better understand the physical processes and the
interactions between the environment and the sea-ice ecosystem. The physical model
is capable of simulating seasonal changes of snow and ice thickness. Particular
attention is paid to reproduce the snow-ice and the superimposed ice formation
which play important roles in the dynamics of sea ice algae. The assessment of the
model capabilities is done in 1979--1993 at four different stations in the Baltic Sea.
A sensitivity analysis stresses the importance of adequate surface forcing functions to
properly simulate the onset of sea ice. Our results show that thickness of the ice
layers and timing of the melting are in good agreement with the observed data and
confirm that one of the key variables in modelling sea-ice thermodynamics is the
snow layer and its metamorphism.
Description:
This study is supported by the VECTOR project, funded by the Italian Ministry of
the University and the Scientific Research. Collaboration with the Finnish Institute of
Marine Research has started thanks to the “Marco Polo” scholarship awarded by the
University of Bologna to the first author and it is going on in the framework of
EUROceans, Network of Excellence. NCEP Reanalysis and ECMWF data have been
provided by the NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSD, Boulder, Colorado, USA, from their Web
site at http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/. The observed snow and ice thickness data have
been provided by the Ice Service at the Finnish Institute of Marine Research. We are
particularly grateful to Ari Seinä for support with the observations.
Description:
Unpublished
Description:
3.7. Dinamica del clima e dell'oceano
Description:
JCR Journal
Description:
open
Keywords:
sea-ice
;
biogeochemistry
;
numerical model
;
BFM
;
02. Cryosphere::02.02. Glaciers::02.02.05. Ice dynamics
;
02. Cryosphere::02.02. Glaciers::02.02.07. Ocean/ice interaction
;
02. Cryosphere::02.04. Sea ice::02.04.01. Atmosphere/sea ice/ocean interaction
;
03. Hydrosphere::03.04. Chemical and biological::03.04.01. Biogeochemical cycles
;
03. Hydrosphere::03.04. Chemical and biological::03.04.04. Ecosystems
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
manuscript
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