CCSM 2.0
Community Sea Ice Model v4.0 Documentation
Introduction
The Community Sea Ice Model, version 4.0 (CSIM4), was released on May 17,
2002, as part of the CCSM 2.0 release.
Documentation
What is CSIM4 ?
CSIM4 is the sea ice component of CCSM2 that includes an
elastic-viscous-plastic (EVP) dynamics scheme, an ice thickness distribution,
energy-conserving thermodynamics, a slab ocean mixed layer model, and
the ability to run using prescribed ice concentrations. It is supported
on high and low-resolution Greenland Pole grids, which are identical to
those used by the Parallel Ocean Program (POP) ocean model. The high
resolution version is best suited for simulating present-day and future
climate scenarios while the low resolution option is used for paleoclimate
simulations.