SITool (v1.0) – a new evaluation tool for large-scale sea ice simulations: application to CMIP6 OMIP

Lin, Xia; Massonnet, François; Fichefet, Thierry; Vancoppenolle, Martin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6331-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6331-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6331-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 14, issue 10

Methods for assessment of models

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21 Oct 2021

Methods for assessment of models |

| 21 Oct 2021

SITool (v1.0) – a new evaluation tool for large-scale sea ice simulations: application to CMIP6 OMIP

Xia Lin, François Massonnet, Thierry Fichefet, and Martin Vancoppenolle

Data sets

Sea Ice Evaluation Tool (Version 1.1.0) X. Lin, F. Massonnet, T. Fichefet, and M. Vancoppenolle https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5561722

Short summary

This study introduces a new Sea Ice Evaluation Tool (SITool) to evaluate the model skills on the bipolar sea ice simulations by providing performance metrics and diagnostics. SITool is applied to evaluate the CMIP6 OMIP simulations. By changing the atmospheric forcing from CORE-II to JRA55-do data, many aspects of sea ice simulations are improved. SITool will be useful for helping teams managing various versions of a sea ice model or tracking the time evolution of model performance.