Articles | Volume 17, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-6847-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-6847-2024
Development and technical paper
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13 Sep 2024
Development and technical paper |  | 13 Sep 2024

Lagrangian tracking of sea ice in Community Ice CodE (CICE; version 5)

Chenhui Ning, Shiming Xu, Yan Zhang, Xuantong Wang, Zhihao Fan, and Jiping Liu

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Sea ice models are mainly based on non-moving structured grids, which is different from buoy measurements that follow the ice drift. To facilitate Lagrangian analysis, we introduce online tracking of sea ice in Community Ice CodE (CICE). We validate the sea ice tracking with buoys and evaluate the sea ice deformation in high-resolution simulations, which show multi-fractal characteristics. The source code is openly available and can be used in various scientific and operational applications. 
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