Analyzing the impact of CryoSat-2 ice thickness initialization on seasonal Arctic Sea Ice prediction
Twin 5-month seasonal forecast experiments are performed to predict the September 2018 mean and minimum ice extent using the fully coupled Navy Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC).In the control run, Scanner Accessories ensemble forecasts are initialized from the operational US Navy Global Ocean Forecasting System (GOFS) 3.1 but do not assimi