A numerical simulation of sea ice cover in Hudson Bay

Abstract

Hibler's dynamic-thermodynamic sea ice model with viscous-plastic rheology is used to simulate the seasonal cycle of sea ice motion, thickness, compactness, and growth rate in Hudson Bay under monthly climatological atmospheric forcing and a prescribed ocean surface current field. The sea ice motion over most of the domain is driven mainly by the wind stress. The simulated results for ice cover compare favorably with the observed climatology and with measurements from satellites. -from Authors