Improvement of sea ice model

Abstract

Based on preliminary improvements, future development of the sea ice model of FGOALS will be concentrated primarily in two areas: (1) improvements to the solar transfer parameterizations of shortwave radiation albedo and penetration, and (2) integration of Lagrangian tracking in the sea ice model and coupled climate model. These improvements will allow more realistic representation of the shortwave transfer process and help obtain detailed ice tracking information in key sea ice regions.