Articles | Volume 16, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3907-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3907-2023
Model description paper
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13 Jul 2023
Model description paper |  | 13 Jul 2023

A dynamical core based on a discontinuous Galerkin method for higher-order finite-element sea ice modeling

Thomas Richter, Véronique Dansereau, Christian Lessig, and Piotr Minakowski

Model code and software

A snippet from neXtSIM-DG : next generation sea-ice model with DG Thomas Richter, Véronique Dansereau, Christian Lessig, and Piotr Minakowski https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7688635

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Short summary
Sea ice covers not only the pole regions but affects the weather and climate globally. For example, its white surface reflects more sunlight than land. The oceans around the poles are therefore kept cool, which affects the circulation in the oceans worldwide. Simulating the behavior and changes in sea ice on a computer is, however, very difficult. We propose a new computer simulation that better models how cracks in the ice change over time and show this by comparing to other simulations.