2. Science Guide

• 2.1. Atmosphere and ocean boundary forcing
  • 2.1.1. Atmosphere
  • 2.1.2. Ocean
  • 2.1.3. Variable exchange coefficients
• 2.2. Ice thickness distribution
• 2.3. Joint floe size and thickness distribution
• 2.4. Tracers
  • 2.4.1. Ice age
  • 2.4.2. Tracers that depend on other tracers
• 2.5. Transport in thickness space
• 2.6. Mechanical redistribution
• 2.7. Thermodynamics
  • 2.7.1. Snow fraction
  • 2.7.2. Melt ponds
  • 2.7.3. Thermodynamic surface forcing balance
  • 2.7.4. New temperatures
  • 2.7.5. Growth and melting
  • 2.7.6. Snow-ice formation
• 2.8. Advanced snow physics
  • 2.8.1. Snow redistribution
  • 2.8.2. Ice and liquid water mass in snow
  • 2.8.3. Metamorphosis of snow grains
• 2.9. Biogeochemistry
  • 2.9.1. Aerosols
  • 2.9.2. Water Isotope
  • 2.9.3. Brine height
  • 2.9.4. Sea ice ecosystem