Articles | Volume 9, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3427-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3427-2016
Methods for assessment of models
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23 Sep 2016
Methods for assessment of models |  | 23 Sep 2016

The CMIP6 Sea-Ice Model Intercomparison Project (SIMIP): understanding sea ice through climate-model simulations

Dirk Notz, Alexandra Jahn, Marika Holland, Elizabeth Hunke, François Massonnet, Julienne Stroeve, Bruno Tremblay, and Martin Vancoppenolle

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The large-scale evolution of sea ice is both an indicator and a driver of climate changes. Hence, a realistic simulation of sea ice is key for a realistic simulation of the climate system of our planet. To assess and to improve the realism of sea-ice simulations, we present here a new protocol for climate-model output that allows for an in-depth analysis of the simulated evolution of sea ice.