Mechanics plays a key role in the evolution of the sea ice cover through its control on drift,
on momentum and thermal energy exchanges between the polar oceans and the …

This paper presents a first implementation of a new rheological model for sea ice on
geophysical scales. This continuum model, called Maxwell elasto-brittle (Maxwell-EB), is …

Leads within consolidated sea ice control heat exchange between the ocean and the
atmosphere during winter, thus constituting an important climate parameter. These narrow …

We characterize sea-ice drift by applying a Lagrangian diffusion analysis to buoy trajectories
from the International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP) dataset and from two different models …

This chapter presents the geophysical background of mesoscale to large-scale sea ice
modelling, discusses the structure of existing advanced models, and shows results from …

Large changes in the Arctic sea ice have been observed in the last decades in terms of the
ice thickness, extension and drift. Understanding the mechanisms behind these changes is …

Global climate change in recent decades has strongly influenced the Arctic generating
pronounced warming accompanied by significant reduction of sea ice in seasonally ice …

Global climate change in recent decades has strongly influenced the Arctic generating
pronounced warming accompanied by significant reduction of sea ice in seasonally ice …

Most climate models use a rheology of the viscous-plastic type to simulate sea ice dynamics.
With this rheology, large scale velocity and thickness fields can be realistically simulated, but …

Due to the increasing activity in Arctic, sea ice-ocean models are now frequently used to
produce operational forecasts, for oil spill trajectory modelling and to assist in offshore …