Large-scale Sea Ice Modeling: Societal Needs and Community Development

Explore a comprehensive lecture on large-scale sea ice modeling, focusing on societal needs and community development. Delve into the CICE sea ice model's extensive use in climate research, Earth system studies, and operational applications like numerical weather prediction and military operations guidance. Discover how the CICE Consortium is bridging the gap between research and operational communities to accelerate sea ice model development and its practical implementation. Gain insights into current CICE model capabilities, new statistical analysis techniques for assessing model skill against observations, and community engagement efforts addressing society's needs in the face of changing polar regions.