Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 18, issue 19
Articles | Volume 18, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-6885-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-6885-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 19
Development and technical paper
 | 
07 Oct 2025
Development and technical paper |  | 07 Oct 2025

Implementation of an intermediate-complexity snow-physics scheme (ISBA-Explicit Snow) into a sea ice model (SI3): 1D thermodynamic coupling and validation

Théo Brivoal, Virginie Guemas, Martin Vancoppenolle, Clément Rousset, and Bertrand Decharme

Viewed

Total article views: 4,200 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
3,289 657 254 4,200 290 243 314
  • HTML: 3,289
  • PDF: 657
  • XML: 254
  • Total: 4,200
  • Supplement: 290
  • BibTeX: 243
  • EndNote: 314
Views and downloads (calculated since 04 Feb 2025)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 04 Feb 2025)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 4,200 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 4,139 with geography defined and 61 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Saved (final revised paper)

Latest update: 17 Oct 2026
Download
Short summary
Snow in polar regions is key to sea ice formation and the Earth's climate, but current climate models simplify snow cover on sea ice. This study integrates an intermediate-complexity snow-physics scheme into a sea ice model designed for climate applications. We show that modeling the temporal changes in properties such as the density and thermal conductivity of the snow layers leads to a more accurate representation of heat transfer between the underlying sea ice and the atmosphere.
Read more
Share