Sea-ice thermodynamics (Semtner 1976)

Layer 1 — Physicsin the Cryospheric Physics subtree

Semtner 1976 + Bitz-Lipscomb 1999 multi-layer thermodynamic ice model: dh/dt = (Q_atm - Q_ocean)/(rho_i L_f); ice-albedo feedback alpha_ice ~0.7 vs alpha_ocean ~0.06.

Related concepts

Linear ODE
T_eq closed form: √2·S^(1/4)(1−α)^(1/4)/(2σ^(1/4)) (exact)

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