Couple momentum stress of waves-->ice

NickSzapiro

Nicholas Szapiro
New Member
Hi,
In addition to atm-->ice and ocean-->ice shear stresses, waves can also import momentum to sea ice as they dissipate into or scatter from the ice edge. This can be of particular importance for the marginal ice zone (Marginal Ice Zone Thickness and Extent due to Wave Radiation Stress). I don't see these implemented in the CICE Consortium branch.

WAVEWATCH provides these terms (i.e., see TWI, TWIX, TWIY in its source code).

For CICE, an ad hoc addition of air-->ice and wave-->ice stresses before the ice dynamics is implemented in the "strwav" lines in

Is there a preferred way to include this coupling?

Cheers,
Nick
 

dbailey

CSEG and Liaisons
Staff member
Hi Nick,

Good questions. We should raise this at a Consortium meeting. I think that there are several levels to this.

Dave
 
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