Author(s): Jie Su; Huiding Wu; Hai Li; Qinzheng Liu
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Abstract: An ice-ocean coupled model is developed based on the Princeton Ocean Model (POM) and a dynamic-thermodynamic ice model. The coupled model was used to study the variation of ice cover and the heat budget at the interface of sea-ice, air-ice and air-sea in the Bohai Sea during the winter of 1998–1999. In the coupled model, the heat and momentum transfer between the ice and ocean is two-way, and the variation of ice thickness and concentration are governed by the heat fluxes at the surface and bottom of the ice and at the ocean surface. The atmospheric fields are obtained from the results of the T106L19 spectrum model. Air temperature data is corrected by observed data at marine stations. This is the first time that a simulation has been done in the Bohai Sea, for an entire ice season, using an ice-ocean coupled model with real time air forcing. Some important thermodynamic factors are discussed in the paper.
Year: 2002