SubZero: A Sea Ice Model with an Explicit Representation of the Floe Life Cycle
SubZero: A Sea Ice Model with an Explicit Representation of the Floe Life Cycle
Sea ice dynamics exhibit granular behavior as individual floes and fracture networks become particularly evident at length scales O(10--100) km and smaller. However, climate models do not resolve floes and represent sea ice as a continuum, while existing floe-scale sea ice models tend to oversimplify floes using discrete elements of …