Modular ocean model

More elaborate models, including the rheology, and the drift of sea ice have to be applied to describe the formation of different ice classes, transports of sea ice, and a forecast potential for ship navigation. Dynamic-thermodynamic sea ice is applied in three-dimensional models of the Baltic Sea by Haapala and Lepparanta (1996), Meier et al., (1999,2(X)2a,b), Lehmann and Hinrichsen (2000), and Schrum et al. (2003). A comprehensive overview of the theory and application of sea ice drift is given by Lepparanta (2005). Models based on the Flexible Model System (FMS), including the Modular Ocean Model (version 4), may also apply a dynamical ice module (Griffies et al., 2004 Balaji, 2004). 

Pacanowski, R. C., Dixon, K., Rosati, A., 1991. NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. The GFDL modular ocean model user guide, GFDL Ocean Group, Technical Report No. 2, Princeton, USA, 16 pp. 

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