Standard sea ice configuration (namelist.ice)

Sections of the namelist

Section &ice_dyn

  • whichEVP=0 Version of EVP. 0 - standard EVP, 1 - modified EVP (as in Kimmritz et al. (2015)). For this option don’t forget to adjust alpha and beta in the code, 2 - adaptive EVP (as in Kimmritz et al., 2016). See Koldunov et al., 2019 for hints on tuning.

  • Pstar=30000.0

  • delta_min=1.0e-11

  • evp_rheol_steps=150 Number of EVP substeps. See Koldunov et al., 2019 for hints on tuning.

  • Cd_oce_ice=0.0055 Drag coefficient between ocean and ice.

  • ice_gamma_fct=0.5

  • ice_diff=0.0

  • theta_io=0.0

  • ice_ave_steps=1 Ice step=ice_ave_steps*oce_step

Section &ice_therm

  • Sice=4.0

  • h0=.5

  • emiss_ice=0.97

  • emiss_wat=0.97

  • albsn=0.81

  • albsnm=0.77

  • albi=0.7

  • albim=0.68

  • albw=0.1