Observations of surface momentum exchange over the marginal ice zone and  recommendations for its parametrisation

Elvidge, A. D.; Renfrew, I. A.; Weiss, A. I.; Brooks, I. M.; Lachlan-Cope, T. A.; King, J. C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1545-2016

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10 Feb 2016

Research article |

| 10 Feb 2016

Observations of surface momentum exchange over the marginal ice zone and recommendations for its parametrisation

A. D. Elvidge, I. A. Renfrew, A. I. Weiss, I. M. Brooks, T. A. Lachlan-Cope, and J. C. King

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RC C8341: 'Charnock is sea state dependent even with sea ice around', Jean-Raymond Bidlot, 21 Oct 2015
- AC C11126: 'Response to RC C8341: 'Charnock is sea state dependent even with sea ice around', Jean-Raymond Bidlot, 21 Oct 2015', Andrew Elvidge, 05 Jan 2016
RC C8984: 'Review', Christof Lüpkes, 05 Nov 2015
- AC C11129: 'Response to RC C8984: 'Review', Christof Lüpkes, 05 Nov 2015', Andrew Elvidge, 05 Jan 2016
RC C9274: 'Reviewer Comment', Timo Vihma, 14 Nov 2015
- AC C11133: 'RC C9274: 'Reviewer Comment', Timo Vihma, 14 Nov 2015', Andrew Elvidge, 05 Jan 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Andrew Elvidge on behalf of the Authors (05 Jan 2016)

ED: Publish as is (15 Jan 2016) by Heini Wernli

AR by Andrew Elvidge on behalf of the Authors (22 Jan 2016)

Short summary

Rare aircraft observations of surface momentum flux over the Arctic marginal ice zone provide the best means yet to constrain model representation of MIZ surface roughness. The sensitivity of surface roughness to ice concentration over the Arctic MIZ is presented; these results do not support the values used in many models. However, a leading parameterization scheme (that of Lüpkes et al., 2012) is found to provide a good representation of form drag, after some parameter alterations.