The 3D ocean model HYCOM and the sea-ice model CICE is developed at the University of Miami and
Los Alamos National Laboratory. The models are fully coupled at each time step.
Output are the surface variables sea level and ice conditions (concentration, thickness, velocity, convergense)
and 3-dimensional maps of current, temperature and salinity
at sigma levels.
Model set-up
The DMI HYCOM-CICE set-up covers the Atlantic, north of about 20
°S and the Arctic Ocean, with a horizontal resolution of about 10 km.
Model forcing is DMI-Hirlam (short range) and ECMWF (long range)
weather forecasts. A 66 hour forecast is produces twice daily, at 00 and 12 UTC.
| Model area |
Atlantic/Arctic |
| Horisontal resolution |
~10 km |
Time step:
barotropic
baroclinic |
10 sec
300 sec |
| Atmospheric forcing |
HIRLAM / ECMWF |
| Tidal forcing |
8 constituents |
| Data assimilation |
Sea surface temperature
Sea-ice concentration |
| Boundary conditions |
Levitus climatology |
