[MITgcm-support] seaice advection without dynamical solver
Dimitris Menemenlis
menemenlis at sbcglobal.net
Wed Nov 29 15:47:11 EST 2006
> If I set uc(vc) = Uvel(Vvel)(@ k=1) in seaice_advdiff before calling advect.F
> then the seaice will get advected by the ocean surface velocity.
Matt, I have never tried it but it sounds reasonable and that it should work.
Of course the sea-ice does not in practice drift as surface velocity, since it
responds both to drag from above and from below as well as to internal ice stresses.
Dimitris
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