[MITgcm-support] seaice model

[Jinlun Zhang]

Martin,

Yes you can use a cartesian grid. What you need to do is to

(1) rotate the grid to equator,
(2) get CSTICE, CSUICE, etc. from you grid.
(3) find SINEICE, which is used to compute coriolis force and is based on actual
lat.

Jinlun

Martin Losch wrote:

> does this mean, that the seaice package can not be used in
> configurations with a cartesian grid?
> Looking at the code this appears to be the case, doesn't it? This is
> still another point that would make it worth to think about using the
> MITgcm-specific grid parameters, because there the different
> configurations are already accounted for, aren't they??????
>
> Martin