Phys.org September 24, 2024 Researchers in Australia used a theoretical model to study water waves propagating into and through a region containing thin floating ice, for ice covers transitioning from consolidated (large floe sizes) to fully broken (small floe sizes). The degree of breaking was simulated by a mean floe length. The model predicted deterministic limits for consolidated and fully broken ice covers where the wave fields do not depend on the realization of the ice cover for a given mean floe length. The consolidated ice limit was consistent with classic flexural-gravity wave theory, and the fully broken limit was […]
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New tool helps researchers investigate clouds, rain, and climate change
Phys.org October 12, 2022 A team of researchers in the US (Pennsylvania State University, Argonne National Laboratory, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, Texas A&M, College Station) developed the Earth Model Column Collaboratory (EMC2), an open-source ground-based lidar and radar instrument simulator and subcolumn generator, specifically designed for large-scale models, in particular climate models, but also applicable to high-resolution model output. It provides a flexible framework enabling direct comparison of model output with ground-based observations, including generation of subcolumns that may statistically represent finer model spatial resolutions and EMC2 large-scale models’ physical assumptions implemented in their cloud or […]