Model image, compiled by Guillaume Boutin: The percentage of the sea surface covered by sea ice (Ice fraction) superimposed on a map of the sea surface temperature (SST) given by the coupled model we develop. The date shown here is October 10th 2011, Nansen's 150th birthday. The data used to force the model (for example wind and temperature) come from the ERA5 dataset distributed by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). The development of the coupled model is a result of a collaboration between NERSC, Ifremer (Brest, France) and OceanNext (Grenoble, France).
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