[MITgcm-support] sea ice cap with THSICE

[Anthony Joyce]

Hi All,

When I institute a sea ice thickness cap in THSICE (data.ice) using 
hiMax, the top layer of my ocean becomes very fresh. This happens when I 
take an existing pickup file with ice thickness of h (arbitrary value). 
Should the model "shave" off all the ice above hiMax? Does it get added 
to the ocean? And does the ice model have a parameterization scheme for 
injecting brine into the ocean beneath it? For example, very thick sea 
ice (maybe 20-30m thick) injects a large amount of brine increasing the 
top ocean salinity.

Thanks,

Anthony


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Anthony J. Coletti
Climate System Research Center
Department of Geosciences
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
paleoclimate.org
ajcolett at geo.umass.edu