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2 | %% Abstract |
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5 | %% Common part between NEMO-SI3-TOP |
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6 | ``Sea Ice Modelling Integrated Initiative'' (\SIcube) is the sea ice engine of |
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7 | the \NEMO\ ocean model (``Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean''). |
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8 | It is intended to be a flexible tool for studying the sea ice dynamics and thermodynamics, |
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9 | brine inclusions and subgrid-scale thickness variations (``white ocean''), |
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10 | as well as its interactions with the other components of the Earth climate system over |
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11 | a wide range of space and time scales. |
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12 | \SIcube\ is interfaced with the \NEMO\ ocean engine, and, |
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13 | via the \href{http://portal.enes.org/oasis}{OASIS} coupler, |
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14 | with several atmospheric general circulation models. |
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15 | It also supports two-way grid embedding by means of the \href{http://agrif.imag.fr}{AGRIF} software. |
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17 | %% Specific part |
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18 | Designed for global to regional applications up to $~$10 km of effective resolution, |
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19 | \SIcube\ is a curvilinear grid, finite-difference implementation of the classical AIDJEX model |
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20 | (Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint EXperiment), |
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21 | combining the conservation of momentum for viscous-plastic continuum, |
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22 | energy and salt-conserving halo-thermodynamics, |
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23 | an explicit representation of subgrid-scale ice thickness variations, snow and melt ponds. |
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24 | An option to switch back to the \textit{single-category} (or \textit{2-level}) framework provides |
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25 | a cheap sea ice modelling solution. |
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